Discourse Analysis and the Study of Classroom Language and Literacy Events: A Microethnographic Perspective / Edition 1

by David Bloome, Stephanie Power Carter, Beth Morton Christian, Sheila Otto, Nora Shuart-Faris

Overview

Provides a microethnographic approach to the discourse analysis of classroom language and literacy events.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805848588
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/2004
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

About the Author

David Bloome, Stephanie Power Carter, Beth Morton Christian, Shelia Otto, Nora Shuart-Faris

Table of Contents

Contents: B.V. Street, Foreword. Introduction. A Microethnographic Approach to the Discourse Analysis of Classroom Language and Literacy Events. A Microethnographic Approach to the Discourse Analysis of Cultural Practices in Classroom Language and Literacy Events. Microethnographic Discourse Analysis and the Exploration of Social Identity in Classroom Language and Literacy Events. Microethnographic Discourse Analysis and the Exploration of Power Relations in Classroom Language and Literacy Events. Locating Microethnographic Discourse Analysis Studies of Classroom Language and Literacy Events and the Research Imagination. Appendix: Transcription Key.

Editorial Reviews

"With this book, Bloome et al. bring to bear powerful, dynamic theoretical and methodological lenses that, through careful discussion and analysis, serve to extend the fields of literacy studies and educational ethnography in terms of both clarity of terminology and warranted methodology....this volume is one starting point to look at power relations in classroom interaction, one that provides an important frame of analysis that can inform many. Through their examination of who does what with language to whom, when, where, how, with what significance, and for what purpose, this book embodies 'thick description in motion' and will be an important contribution to language and literacy research."
—Linguistics and Education

"Discourse Analysis and the Study of Classroom Language and Literacy Events: A Microethnographic Perspective provides a rich discussion of classroom discourse informed by careful and thoughtful analysis that draws together scholarly advances in sociocultural analysis, sociolinguistics, positionality, identity, power and meaning making. It offers to the field a book which can serve multiple purposes: an introduction to classroom analysis, a discussion of different lenses for exploring the dynamics of classrooms, an exploration of the key theorists in the aforementioned areas, and examples of classroom discourse with analyses that researchers and practitioners can use as the basis for pursuing their own analyses. At the same time, it represents a somewhat rare contribution....collaboration among school-based educators with university scholars. This volume is a timely and significant addition to the field."
—Robert Tierney
University of British Columbia

"[T]his book excels as a rare contribution to the field, with its unique theoretical underpinnings and meticulous application of the theoretical tools on everyday classroom discourse event." --Jasmine C. M. Luk, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies

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