Commentary # 4: 3/17/09 Bonnie S. Sunstein’s article was enthralling. I could “see” the informant dance on the page in the arms of the researcher, swirling towards the reader, floating on the text…ending in our story; the ethnographical write-up.…
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Commentary #3, Brueggemann
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Commentary #3: Brueggemann Maria J. Garcia- 3/10/09 Brenda Jo Brueggemann’s article touched a nerve for me; I really felt a sense of her struggle as she candidly wrote up her experience as a participant-observer of deaf (Deaf) writing students at Gallaudet University…
Commentary #2 — Ruth Ray
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“Compositions from the Teacher-Research Point of View” by Ruth Ray I found that Ray’s article suggests that teacher research is looked down upon by the currently accepted field of university researchers. Why? I offer that the ruling ideology has to…
Week #2: Ethnographic Perspective
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Carol Frank’s article really made an impression on me relevant to my upcoming classroom ethnographic observation. Frank’s use of comparison between the student-teachers and her own notes was impressive. I could see myself being tempted to say “the classroom was…
The Right Stuff…
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Joseph Harris gets to the point in the first chapter or Rewriting. He offers students a set of strategies for making strong and generous use of the work of other writers in their own prose. He explains what it means…