Educational Evaluation: Ethnography in Theory, Practice, and Politics.

Abstract

PART ONE: CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK Beyond the Status Quo in Ethnographic Educational Evaluation - David M Fetterman The Ethnographic Evaluator - David M Fetterman PART TWO: THEORY Theory in Educational Evaluation, Or What is Wrong with Generic-Brand Anthropology? - Elaine L Simon The Use of Explicit Anthropological Theory in Educational Evaluation - Mary A Pitman and Marion L Dobbert A Case Study Attrition in Zairian Secondary Schools - John D Studstill Ethnographic Evaluation and Sociocultural Systems PART THREE: PRACTICE Combining Ethnographic and Experimental Methods in Educational Research - Joseph A Maxwell, Philip G Bashook and Leslie J Sandlow A Case Study Qualitative Methodology in the Evaluation of Early Childhood Bilingual Curriculum Models - Ray A Chesterfield PART FOUR: POLITICS Use of Ethnographic Techniques for Evaluation in a Large School District - Barbara G Ferrell and Donald W Compton The Vanguard Case `Posin' to be Chosen' - Richard A Marotto An Ethnographic Study of In-School Truancy PART FIVE: CONCLUSION The Evolution of A Discipline - David M Fetterman