Open AccessTeacher Ethnographic Research as Epistemology: Using Ethnographic Research to Develop Reflexive Educators in Diverse Classrooms
Author(s) -
Porfirio M. Loeza,
Margaret Roy,
Arcy Devera
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of transformative leadership and policy studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2331-9437
pISSN - 2151-5735
DOI - 10.36851/jtlps.v1i1.448
Subject(s) - reflexivity , ethnography , multiculturalism , pedagogy , sociology , point (geometry) , mathematics education , psychology , social science , anthropology , geometry , mathematics
Based on fieldwork, interviews and ethno-graphic research of student teachers, reflectivity is revealed as an important starting point for teachers working with diverse and multilingual students. Reflecting assist individuals as they attempt to assimilate a new cultural complexity, particularly one that is as complex as a classroom full of adolescents. Reflexive practices are essen-tial to meet the learning needs in a multilingual, multicultural and global state. Ethnographic research can indeed provide a springboard into the development of reflective and reflexive educators.