On Structure and Agency in Ethnographies of Education: Examples from This Special Issue and More Generally

Autor/in	Beach, Dennis
Titel	On Structure and Agency in Ethnographies of Education: Examples from This Special Issue and More Generally
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 10 (2011) 4, S.572-582 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2011.10.4.572
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Ethnography; Empowerment; Conflict; Social Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ethnografie; Konflikt; Sozialstruktur
Abstract	The articles in this collection are about the development, possibility, exercise and possible frustration of human agency within educational exchanges. They are also all based on ethnography, which is now a common approach to educational research. Ethnography is not a seamless, neutral observational practice but is instead variable in relation to theoretical perspectives and methodological application. However, central to all approaches is an emphasis on an active and creative citizen and an assumption that there is a dialectical relationship between human social practices, human consciousness and social structures. The similarities and differences within education ethnography are apparent even in the articles present here and in the ways in which they depict, define and describe agency in this special issue. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10