Call for Papers - 33rd Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum

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33 rd Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum 

"Digital Discourses: Education and Ethnography in the 21 st Century" 

February 24 - 25, 2012 

Center for Urban Ethnography 
University of Pennsylvania 
Graduate School of Education 
3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 

http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/forum 

Call for Papers 

ONLINE SUBMISSION OPEN: August 15, 2011 

http://www.conftool.com/forum2012/ 
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 1, 2011 
NOTIFICATION: early November, 2011 
REQUIRED PREREGISTRATION FOR PRESENTERS: December 1, 2011 

Technology and electronic media today are developing faster than ever, and change the ways we communicate, teach, learn and research. We now live in a digital world where new forms of interactions, social relationships, and identities are generated, thus transforming the very meaning of education. Learning and educating now occur in contexts shaped by Facebook, Smart Phones, Texting, Twitter, online learning, and Skyping—creating new resources and new challenges to our educative worlds. One now needs to draw on ever more diverse semiotic resources when traversing across different virtual and real spaces. As ethnographic researchers, our toolkit has greatly expanded: our briefcase-sized tape recorders of the past have been replaced by pocket-sized digital recorders, smart technology, hand-held video recorders, and online chatting from opposite corners of the globe. These tools have opened up greater possibilities for ethnographically capturing and exploring digital discourses and also for collaboration among ethnographers from a distance. Reciprocally, ethnographic and qualitative research provides keen analytical tools to capture and understand the complex and vibrant realities in which fast-changing technology affects the lives of students and teachers. 

The 33 rd Ethnography in Education Forum will seek to explore the following types of questions: 

How do learning, teaching and researching take on new forms in these new semiotic worlds? How do digital tools shape our ethnographic methods and research? What can ethnographic research teach us about teaching and learning in these ever-changing digital contexts? How do we navigate the obstacles of teaching, learning, and researching with those who --do and do not -- have access to new technologies? 

Convenor 

Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania 

Coordinators 

Bridget Goodman and Kristina Lewis 

Plenary Speakers 

Angela Reyes, Hunter College 

John Jackson, University of Pennsylvania 

Linda Christensen, Lewis & Clark College 

Glynda Hull, University of California, Berkeley 

Practitioner Research Day 

Imagining Communities of Inquiry–In Honor of the Scholarship and Legacies of Susan L. Lytle 

Known for her work in literacy education, educational leadership and practitioner research, Susan Lytle has mentored and challenged generations of scholars to create communities of inquiry – collaborative spaces that generate knowledge from practice and nurture activism for social and educational equity. In recognition of Susan’s work at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Writing Project, in gratitude for her long-standing commitment to the Forum, and in celebration with her on the occasion of her retirement, this year’s Practitioner Research Day seeks to honor her impact and intellectual legacies. Researchers, teachers, and practitioners – both in and out of classrooms – are invited to imagine together the nature, shape, and role of communities of inquiry in 21 st century learning contexts. 

About the Ethnography in Education Research Forum 

The Ethnography in Education Research Forum, convened by the Center for Urban Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania every year since 1980, is the largest annual meeting of qualitative researchers in education. The Forum has from the beginning excelled in nurturing ethnographic research and researchers in schools. The Forum is known for its friendly and supportive atmosphere for fledgling researchers and for the spirit of relaxed and open dialogue embracing newcomers and experienced researchers alike. Areas of emphasis include: multicultural issues in education, practitioner/teacher/action research, critical and feminist ethnography, ethnographic evaluation in education, language issues in education, uses of ethnography in math and science, and indigenous language revitalization. 

For more information: http://www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/forum 

For proposal submission beginning August 15 : http://www.conftool.com/forum2012/
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