Suggested Examples of Research Studies that Use Educational Ethnographic Methodology: 

Ayers, W. (1989).  The good preschool teacher: Six teachers reflect on their lives. New York : Teachers College Press.

Nespor, J. (1997).  Tangled up in school : Politics, space, bodies, and signs in the educational process.  Mahwah, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wolcott, H. (1984).  The man in the principal¡¦s office: An ethnography.  Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.

Tedlock, B.  (2000).  Ethnography and ethnographic repersentation. In N. K. Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.),  Handbook of qualitative research,  2nd, ed  (pp.455-486). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Suggested Example of Writing Text:

Linden, R. (1993). Making stories, making selves: Feminist reflections on the Holocaust. Columbus : Ohio State University Press.

Stewart, J. O. (1989).  Drinkers, drummers and decent folk: Ethnographic narratives of village Trinidad. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Wolf, M. (1992).  A thrice-told tale: feminism, postmodernism, and ethnographic responsibility.  Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Suggested Writing Readings:
Richardson, L.  (2000).  Writing: A method of inquiry. In N. K. Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research, 2nd, ed  (pp.923-948). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Example of Qualitative Writing:
Wolf, M. (1992).  A thrice-told tale: feminism, postmodernism, and ethnographic responsibility.  Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Mixed Methodology:

Creswell, J. (2003).  Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.       

Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. (2002).  Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Practitioner Research (Teacher as Researcher):

Hubbard, R. S., & Miller, B. P. (1993).  The art of classroom inquiry: A handbook for teacher-researchers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Hubbard, R. S., & Miller, B. P. (1999).  Living the questions: A guide for teacher-researchers.  York, MN: Stenhouse.

Research Methodology With Minors:
Graue, E., &  Walsh, D. (1998).  Studying children in context: theories, methods, and ethics.  Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage.

Eder, D., & Fingerson, L. (2002).  Interviewing children and adolescents.  In J. Gubrium & J. Holstein Eds.), Handbook of interview research (pp. 181-201).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Fine, G. A., & Sandstrom, K. L. (1988).  Knowing children: Participant observation with minors.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Examples of Research Methodology with Minors:
Corsaro, W. (1985).  Friendship and peer culture in the early years. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing.

Demarris, Bennett, K. (1998).  Mucking around in the mud: Doing ethnography with Yup¡¦ik Eskimo girls.  In K. Bennett deMarris (Ed.), Inside Stories: Qualitative research reflections (pp. 87-95).

Gallas, K. (1998). Sometimes I can be anything: Gender, power, and identity in the classroom.  New York: Teachers College Press. 

Lubeck, Sally (1985).  Sandbox society: early education in black and white America London; Philadelphia: Falmer Press.

Paley, V. (1979).  White teacher. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Paley, V. (1999).  The kindness of children.  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Focus Group Texts:                                      

 Krueger, R.A. & Casey, M.A. (2000).  Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied Research (3rd ed.)

Greenbaum, T.L. (1993). The Handbook for Focus Group Research

Greenbaum, T.L. (2000).  Moderating Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Group Facilitation

Edmunds, H. (1999).  The Focus Group Research Handbook