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The Parent-Teacher Conference in the Swedish Preschool: A Study of an Ongoing Process as a "Pocket of Local Order"
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Markstrom, Ann-Marie – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
This article explores the construction of parent-teacher conferences in the Swedish preschool and focuses on processes that construct and maintain these meetings. The analysis draws upon an ethnographic study in two preschools and the empirical material consists of 11 audiotaped parent-teacher conferences and observations of everyday activities…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Ethnography, Parent School Relationship, Preschool Education
The Loyal Member Effect: On the Preference for Ingroup Members Who Engage in Exclusive Relations with the Ingroup
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Castelli, Luigi; De Amicis, Leyla; Sherman, Steven J. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The goal of this article was to investigate an indirect form of intergroup differentiation in children in the context of racial attitudes: the preference for ingroup members who interact positively with other ingroup members rather than with outgroup members. Study 1 confirmed this general hypothesis with preschool and 1st-grade children,…
Descriptors: Racial Attitudes, Intergroup Relations, Interaction Process Analysis, Preschool Children
A Comparative Analysis of Social Interactions of Workers with and without Disabilities in Integrated Work Sites: A Pilot Study.
Storey, Keith; Knutson, Nancy – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The article describes the pilot testing of a direct observation procedure for observing social interactions of mentally retarded and non-retarded workers in supported work settings. The instrument was found to be capable of assessing such interactions and was readily utilized by practitioners. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Does Mainstreaming Insure Integration?
Gentry, Barbara – 1983
A code to systematically observe preschool settings in which handicapped children were placed was designed to determine the types of interaction and play behavior that occurs in these settings. The code records the following information: play area the child is in, how many children are in the same area, the play behavior the child is undertaking,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Interaction Process Analysis, Mainstreaming
Very Special Natives: The Evolving Role of Teachers as Informants in Educational Ethnography.
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Florio, Susan – 1981
Underlying the current use of ethnography in the study of teaching and learning is the assumption of an analogy between the school or classroom and culture. The claim of educational ethnography is that it discovers and describes the ways that members of the school community create and share meaning. Ethnographers aim to discover the operating…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Communication (Thought Transfer)