Margaret Lecompte
Biographic Data
| ID | 233605 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Lecompte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Lecompte |
| SIGNATURE | LECOMPTE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The transformation of ethnographic practice
Ethnographic research design was virtually unknown in American educational research until the 1970s. Only in the late 1980s was it recognized by leading professional educational research associations. Using an historical analysis of the gradual evolution and legitimation of ethnographic design in education, this article redefines the principles guiding traditional ethnography. It argues that ethnography was marginalized because it was subversive …
Cultural differences in child development
Many years ago, Margaret Mead went to Samoa at the urging of her professor, Franz Boas, to test the universality of a widely held belief about human development: that sexual maturation in adolescence produced a period of sturm und drang, of stress, anxiety, and emotional upheaval. Her analysis of the lives of teenagers in Samoa and other Pacific Island societies (Mead, 1928, 1930) indicated that, at least in some cultures, coming of age is not fr…
Learning to Work
Schools appear to generate work-related values and behavior patterns. We explored the relationship between specific kinds of teacher behavior and student beliefs about work and school. We suggested that the special function of schooling in socialization was preparation for the work world through a "hidden curriculum" stressing authority, time, work, achievement, and order. This curriculum was presented by means of teacher behavior; it expressed i…
Learning to Work
Schools appear to generate work-related values and behavior patterns. We explored the relationship between specific kinds of teacher behavior and student beliefs about work and school. We suggested that the special function of schooling in socialization was preparation for the work world through a "hidden curriculum" stressing authority, time, work, achievement, and order. This curriculum was presented by means of teacher behavior; it expressed i…
The transformation of ethnographic practice
Ethnographic research design was virtually unknown in American educational research until the 1970s. Only in the late 1980s was it recognized by leading professional educational research associations. Using an historical analysis of the gradual evolution and legitimation of ethnographic design in education, this article redefines the principles guiding traditional ethnography. It argues that ethnography was marginalized because it was subversive …
Cultural differences in child development
Many years ago, Margaret Mead went to Samoa at the urging of her professor, Franz Boas, to test the universality of a widely held belief about human development: that sexual maturation in adolescence produced a period of sturm und drang, of stress, anxiety, and emotional upheaval. Her analysis of the lives of teenagers in Samoa and other Pacific Island societies (Mead, 1928, 1930) indicated that, at least in some cultures, coming of age is not fr…
Learning to Work
Schools appear to generate work-related values and behavior patterns. We explored the relationship between specific kinds of teacher behavior and student beliefs about work and school. We suggested that the special function of schooling in socialization was preparation for the work world through a "hidden curriculum" stressing authority, time, work, achievement, and order. This curriculum was presented by means of teacher behavior; it expressed i…
Cultural differences in child development
Many years ago, Margaret Mead went to Samoa at the urging of her professor, Franz Boas, to test the universality of a widely held belief about human development: that sexual maturation in adolescence produced a period of sturm und drang, of stress, anxiety, and emotional upheaval. Her analysis of the lives of teenagers in Samoa and other Pacific Island societies (Mead, 1928, 1930) indicated that, at least in some cultures, coming of age is not fr…
The transformation of ethnographic practice
Ethnographic research design was virtually unknown in American educational research until the 1970s. Only in the late 1980s was it recognized by leading professional educational research associations. Using an historical analysis of the gradual evolution and legitimation of ethnographic design in education, this article redefines the principles guiding traditional ethnography. It argues that ethnography was marginalized because it was subversive …
Ambivalence (1 works) · Curriculum (1 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 works) · Education Systems and Policy (1 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (1 works) · Engineering (1 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (1 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (1 works) · Hidden curriculum (1 works) · Higher Education and Employability (1 works)