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Video from Guinea, 1994, for the World Bank project. Ecole Primaire D---, 2/11/94, copy 2.
(2006-10-17)
Sample of a videotape made in an elementary school in Guinea during a nation-wide study of girls’ experiences in elementary and middle-school classrooms. One of a collection of a dozen tapes, all of which have been transcribed.
Fieldnotes from France, 1978-79, on slips of paper, index card style, Ecole M-B, Mme T's cours de perfectionnement, 5/18/78.
(2006-10-17)
Sample of fieldnotes made during a observation of a special education class during a study of teachers' cultural knowledge for reading instruction. Notes record classroom activities with asides interpreting teacher and ...
The Schoolyard Gate: Schooling and Childhood in Global Perspective
(2005)
The spread of Western-style schooling, in spite of the very different ways in which it is practiced on the ground, means that children growing up around the globe have a more uniform experience of socialization than in the ...
Are Pedagogical Ideals Embraced or Imposed? The Case of Reading Instruction in the Republic of Guinea
(2001)
This chapter examines ideals of “best practice” or “good teaching,” beginning from the premise that pedagogical ideals represent cultural and social constructions, not the simple discovery of scientific truth. But, if ...
Fieldnotes from Guinea, 1994 (sample)
(2006-10-17)
Sample of handwritten fieldnotes from a nation-wide study of girls’ experiences in elementary and middle-school classrooms. The research resulted in a report to the World Bank and the following publication: Anderson-Levitt, ...
Videotape from France, 1978, first-grade classroom
(2006-10-17)
Sample of a videotape of reading instruction or other activities made in an elementary school in France during an ethnographic study of teachers’ cultural knowledge for reading instruction.