Author Archive for nweidner

Ruth Ray is optimistic about “the influence of teacher research on education” (187). I like Keri and others am surprised that teacher research is a new movement. However, I am learning that ‘new’ ideas in the world of education are…

Paired Observation

Ned Weidner Paired Observation ENGL 5870            2/26/09   The Ways People Interact   530 @ Mom’s Café CSU Stanislaus Watching the café counter and the way people order coffee and the workers behind the counter. Scene: There is a Mom’s…

Purcell-Gates Commentary #1

Ned Weidner ENGL 5870 Dr. DeVries 2/26/09   I had never heard the word ethnography before until about six months ago when I was introduced to two Raymond Williams books Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society and Writing Culture. …