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Ray Response on Teacher Research

James D. Dyer Dr. Kim DeVries ENG 5870 Spring 2009 The Values of an Ethnographer It is their belief in the social construction of knowledge and their actions based on this belief that set teacher-researchers apart from other teachers and…

James’s reply to Carolyn Frank

  Response to Carolyn Frank’s, “An Ethnographic Perspective:”   I read this with interest and was impressed by Frank’s ability to identify the cultural bias in her perspective through reading other people’s interpretation of events. Most people do not do…

Purcell-Gates reading response

While I have long been familiar with ethnographic research due to my background in sociology, this essay struck me as being very useful to both the novice, and to the experienced ethnographer because it covers the field in enough detail…

A Class Log: Stardate-02:17:09ce

  James D. Dyer Dr. Kim Devries ENG 5870 Spring, 2009   Class Log, Stardate: Febuary, 17, 2009CE, 1800-2100 Pacific Time, Earth Prime. Location: California State University Stanislaus, Library Building, Room L162. Purpose: Rhetoric and Ethnography, Meeting One, Observe them…