Ethnography and Language in Educational Settings: (Re)Envisioning and Reformulating Language Use in Educational Settings

• In Event: Roundtable Session 13

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Green and Wallat’s seminal book Ethnography and Language in Educational Settings (1981) provides “new approaches to ethnographic analysis of social interaction in educational settings” (ix). Now, four decades later, ethnographic studies in education that focus on language-in-use have become ubiquitous; however, contextual factors (e.g., sociocultural, economic and political) that influence what can be known through ethnographic research vary greatly and challenge researchers to become more transparent in their approach. The diverse group of scholars in this session make visible assumptions that underlie their ethnographic traditions and present studies that demonstrate rich affordances of ethnography to examine language-in-use across traditions, within traditions, and to address issues in critical areas, such as biliteracy and LGBT.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Language and Social Processes

Chair

• W. Douglas Baker, Eastern Michigan University

Papers

• Cognition and Learning Through Educational Discourse Interactions - Carl H. Frederiksen, McGill University

• Teachers and Adolescent Students Using LGBT-Themed Graphic Novels to Talk About Homophobia, Heterosexism, and Transphobia - Mollie V. Blackburn, The Ohio State University; Caroline T. Clark, The Ohio State University - Columbus

• Ethnography and Language in the Study of Emergent Biliteracy in an “English Only” Context - Iliana Reyes, The University of Arizona

• Cross-Case Analysis of Ethnographic Studies Across International Borders: Common Frame in Uncommon Sites - Maria L. Castanheira, Federal University of Minas Gerais