English 5870

Commentary #2

Joel Manfredi buy cheap essays English 5870 Dr. Devries Commentary #2     In “Composition from the Teacher-Research Point of View,” Ruth Ray seems to put a value on who is doing the research in classrooms as opposed to what…

Week 3 Ray: There is a hierarchy?

The deeper I get into the graduate program, the more I understand as I have never understood before the existing hierarchies in educational and literary studies. But never in my wildest dreams did I think that a hierarchy which privileged…

Commentary Two

Mike Calou English 5870 Dr. Devries March 1, 2009 Commentary Number Two Ruth Ray               The main idea of this article is that teacher research does not need to exist in a vacuum.  Teachers are the “meat” in the…

Paired Observation

Mike Calou English 5870 Dr. Devries February 28, 2009   Paired Observation Partner: Ned Weidner Time: 5:30-5:51pm Place: Mom’s Java House, CSU Stanislaus Question:  How do people interact?  What ways do people interact when ordering and working at a coffee…

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…

Week #2: Ethnographic Perspective

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…

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. …

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…