Title: Knowing what's local : ethnographic inquiry, education, and democracy /
Authors: Landis, David, 1955-; Mirseitova, Sapargul.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education Kazakhstan History.; Ethnology Study and teaching Kazakhstan.
Contents: Principles for developing and supporting teachers and students' ethnographic inquiries. Why ethnographic writing attracts teachers and students ; Opportunities for teaching and learning from ethnographic inquiry in a local community -- Building teaching and learning for democratic living through ethnographic inquiry. Learning about democracy through ethnographic study of citizenship in local communities ; Learning about democracy through ethnographic study of community formation ; Connections between ethnographic learning and reading and writing education -- Creating educational knowledge around everyday people and ordinary lives. Almaty and Columbus : theorizing the local ; Appendix A : code of ethics and sample letter for ethnographic inquiry in local communities.