Ethnography As a new teacher I have not be given the privilege to have my own classroom yet‚ but I was given the opportunity on two occasions to practice my teaching skills with students. These two experiences have given me so much insight on how a classroom is run‚ and what I need to do implement to have a successful and smooth running classroom. Growing up from a very diverse back ground has allowed me to be more open and accepting with my students. I feel that I can relate to many of them on
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Heather Dooley 10 Pound Balls We tend to think that bowling is a very simple and boring sport played by only older men. I did my fieldwork at a bowling alley during two different leagues to explore the different social interactions among bowlers. I learned that bowling is not limited to one specific age group or gender. I also discovered there is a unique hierarchy among the bowlers that is not determined by their age or gender. This social status is dependent upon their bowling average
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What is ethnicity? Ethnicities are the common characteristics of a group of people. As a large multi-national country‚ China is composed of 56 ethnic groups. My family is Han Chinese. Han people are majority people group in the China‚ account for 91.59 of the overall Chinese population according to the Fifth National Population census of 2000. I was born and grew up in China so I would account myself‚ identify as the full-blooded Chinese. I don not have the complicated ethnic background. However
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The Buddhist Experience Buddhism is a religion that focuses more on the individual and the actions of that individual‚ which was prevalent to me when I made my way into Portland and set foot in a Buddhist temple. The man I met within the walls of this temple was far from my stereotypical thoughts of Buddhist monks. The man I met looked like your plain old‚ average Joe‚ American man. Before I delve into the depths of my visit to this inspiring place‚ I need to sum up the Buddhist religion and why
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During independent work time‚ Mrs. Carey-Sweeney takes a small group of students‚ usually four to five‚ and works with them for 10-15 minutes on reading and comprehension. She strategically chooses the group based on the reading ability of the students. For example‚ there are a handful of students who excel at reading. She picks out more challenging books for them to read together during small group and then discusses the book with the children. They take turns reading each page‚ and ask higher-order
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My hometown is Tampa‚ Florida‚ according to the 2000 census data the city of Tampa consists of predominantly Caucasian and African Americans (Area Connect.) A large part of Tampa’s rich cultural history is thanks to the Cuban and Spanish settlers who established Ybor City in the late 1800’s and the establishment of a military base during the Spanish-American War and in modern times through MacDill Air Force Base being located in South Tampa (City of Tampa.) The information from Chapter 3 that intrigued
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Bryce Pettyjohn Fishing In The Modern World After an analysis of the sport of fishing‚ I have learned a lot about its discourse community and how people are involved in the sport today‚ and how the sport has effected the world today. My research started with the interpretation of several books related to the discourse community‚ which brought the attention of new information about professional fishing to the forefront of my research of the everyday life of the discourse community members.
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Бугрій І. В. Прийняла: доцент Бордюк Л.В. ЛЬВІВ 2015 Structural components: UK LINGUISTIC ETHNOGRAPHY: A DISCUSSION PAPER Coordinating Committee UK Linguistic Ethnography Forum 1 December 2004 0. Preface 1. Linguistics & ethnography 1.1 Ethnography 1.2 Linguistics 1.3 Ethnography in tension with linguistics 1.4 The limits of ethnographic description 1.5 Ethnographies of discourse 2. Linguistic ethnography in the UK 2.1 Academic connections‚ influences and antecedents in the UK 2.2 Research
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Wacquant also followed the anthropological method of participant observation and the creation of an ethnography‚ despite some notable differences in the scope of his research. While Malinowski traveled across the world and immersed himself fully in the foreign culture of the Trobriand Islanders‚ living in their homes and learning their language‚ Wacquant stayed within Western society‚ living in his own city and residing in his own home. Despite this‚ however‚ Loïc Wacquant still managed to immerse
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Growing up‚ I was never told much about my birth‚ only that I was large. I was raised in a single parent household and I was pushed out into the world to develop and learn many different things about life. Being born in the 90s‚ I would have thought more diverse worldwide events would have occurred. While researching the date I was born and the various years‚ I found quite a bit of criminal activity involved in the articles I found. Although my birth was the happiest day for some‚ it was possibly
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