Theoretical Framework/Perspectives My research will be chiefly guided by the lens of culturally responsive pedagogy to explore EFL practices in context of Nepal. “Culturally Responsive Teaching”‚ as per the definition of Gloria Ladson-Billing‚ is an approach that empowers students intellectually‚ socially‚ emotionally‚ and politically by using culturally referents to impact knowledge‚ skills and attitudes. (cited in Sealey-Ruiz‚ 2006). The term culturally responsive teaching or culturally responsive
Premium Education Teacher Culture
also very much preferred among this methodology because they allow a better understanding of the actor’s nature (ontology). It is flexible and can often be used to ask people about their attitudes‚ etc. ·The use of participant observation‚ and ethnography is critical for an interpretivist’s understanding and analysis of the actions of a social group. ·Symbolic interactionism comes into play as well. Individuals react according to symbols that are around them. These acts are defined as social acts
Free Sociology
Skype in aid of Constructive Developmental Pedagogy of Indian Classical Dance: Bharatanatyam. Introduction: The study endeavours to explore the resourcefulness and accessibility of Bharatanatyam‚ one of the ancient Indian classical dance forms‚ over Internet by using Skype as the medium of communication to impart training. The dance form is to be learnt‚ experienced and shared over Internet‚ through e-learning. In today’s world‚ Internet has become an integral part of our day-to-day
Premium Dance
this topic you will be able to: Classify research interviews and understand their purpose Understand when to undertake interviews Understand the advantages and disadvantages of interviews Case Studies Action Research Observation Ethnography lbic.navitas.com navitas.com Qualitative Methods When should I use qualitative methods? When variables cannot be quantified When variables are best understood in their natural settings When variables are studied over real time When studying
Premium Qualitative research Research Scientific method
understandable to others. Bibliography Fina‚ Anna. Discourse and identity. New Jersey: Blackwell Publishing Ltd‚ 2006. Galasińska‚ Aleksandra. "Border ethnography and post-communist discourses of nationality
Premium Sociology Feminist theory Michel Foucault
”(Nancy quotes Hill‚ Lewis B 1955) as important defining quote of what is incorporated in characteristics of schizophrenia. In the mid 1970’s‚ in rural Ireland‚ cases of mental illness and schizophrenia was abnormally high; Nancy Scheper in her ethnography uncovers possible reasoning behind this with her personal experience in Ballybran‚ a village on the west coast of Ireland which consisted of a small population of farmers‚ fishermen and shepherds. In this community we find a vast amount melancholy
Premium Sociology Psychology Mental disorder
Fresh Fruit‚ Broken Bodies is an ethnography written by Seth Holmes which not only describes observations‚ but tells a story of the author living alongside the migrant workers whose lives he was observing. Seth Holmes is a medical anthropologist with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. His education and background were a big influence and support for him to go on a journey for his thesis. To begin this journey‚ Holmes headed south to San Miguel‚ Mexico where he joined a group of Mexican Migrants crossing the
Premium Human migration Americas Mexico
civilized‚ and all cultures evolve through these phases at a different pace. Franz Boas is known as one of the first people to reject the idea of Unilineal Cultural Evolution‚ and his students strongly disagreed with this theory. He used ethnography to dispute the ideas of Morgan‚ Sir E.B. Tylor (who did similar work as Morgan)‚ and Spencer. Also‚ he declared that early anthropologists did not collect data themselves and organized the second-hand data improperly to follow their beliefs. (Moore
Premium Anthropology Culture Franz Boas
Social Relationships and Identity Online and Offline – Summary In contrast to the typically panicked reception of older new media technologies‚ fearful of their ill effects on social relationships and identities‚ the internet has posed the possibility of entirely new relationships and identities‚ constituted within new media‚ and in competition with ostensibly non-mediated‚ older forms of relationship. Distinguishing Life Online To study the internet as a cultural artifact involves looking at
Premium Sociology Online identity
struggles today. For such a goal to be achieved‚ there is no way for us to avoid a historical perspective on the field‚ which has changed as the world has changed in time. What is culture? What is anthropology or anthropological knowledge? What is ethnography or field research? The class will begin with those basic questions and end with a view on the future shape of our cultural knowledge for a fast changing world. No prerequisite is needed. Students must attend three hours per week for lecture‚
Premium Anthropology