1st Edition

Classroom Ethnography Empirical and Methodological Essays

By Martyn Hammersley Copyright 1990
188 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1990, Classroom Ethnography examines the interplay between empirical research and methodological reflection. It explores the nature, the methods, the role, and the limitations of ethnographic research on school classrooms. Beginning with examples of Hammersley’s empirical research, the book then moves on to a number of reflections about the methodology of ethnographic... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgements; Critical Introduction: Whither Classroom Ethonography? (Louis M. Smith); Part 1: Empirical Research; Part 2: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; Postscript; Notes and References; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Biography

Martyn Hammersley is Emeritus Professor in the School of Education at the Open University.