The Use of Ethnography in Educational Evaluation.

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Stephen; und weitere
Institution	Center for New Schools, Inc., Chicago, IL.
Titel	The Use of Ethnography in Educational Evaluation.
Quelle	(1974), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Anthropology; Educational Innovation; Educational Researchers; Elementary Secondary Education; Ethnology; Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Feedback; Formative Evaluation; Nontraditional Education; Observation; Participation; Program Evaluation; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Student Attitudes; Testing Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pädagogische Anthropologie; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Ethnologie; Evaluierung; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Beobachtung; Teilnahme; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Many people hope that the unique skills and perspectives of anthropologists can help them to make the contributions to social programs that have eluded other social scientists. Ethnography promises to make a significant contribution to evaluation of educational innovations. Before this promise can be realized, however, there are many practical and theoretical problems to be solved. An attempt is made to aid this process by candidly sharing and analyzing some experiences in this area of applied anthropology. The use of the methodology and findings using ethnography in evaluating an innovative program of the New School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio is discussed. The evaluation model used to clarify the context in which ethnography is used is described first. The experience of using ethnography is also discussed from two focuses: (1) problems that arose from inherent mismatches between the fundamental assumptions and processes of ethnography and those of evaluation; and (2) problems that arose from the particular ways the evaluation plans were put into practice. (Author/DEP)
Anmerkungen	Center for New Schools, 59 E. Van Buren, Suite 1800, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01