Constructing an Ethnographic Logic of Inquiry to Determine the Literate Practices of STEM-related Thinking, Being and Mind-set

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

Making visible the chains of reasoning developed in an ethnographic study allows for deeper understanding of the social construction of knowledge, situationally defined knowledge and literate practices of members. In this alternative session, participants will have an opportunity to explore a series of proposed principles of operation for developing an ethnographic logic of inquiry to guide the design, fieldwork, and post fieldwork analyses of a particular sociocultural, discursive phenomenon.

Content Area

• Area 11: Research Theory, Methods, and Practices

Presenter

• Noreen Balos, University of California, Santa Barbara

Individual Presentations

• Making Engineering Thinking Visible through an Ethnographic Frame - Diana Arya, University of California, Santa Barbara; Mariateresa Napoli, University of California, Santa Barbara