Re: Comparative Studies

nate (schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:57:18 -0600

Struggling for the Soul
The Politics of Schooling and the Construction of the Teacher
Thomas S. Popkewitz

An evaluation the Teach for America program. He looks at the
"doublet" of urban/rural and how it creates a space in which a
child can never be average. The book might be useful at looking
at the distinction of the urban/ suburban classification of the
two school districts.

Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Barowy <wbarowy who-is-at lesley.edu>
To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 11:35 AM
Subject: Comparative Studies

>Folks,
>
>Your willing contributions have always been enormously helpful,
and I wish
>to express my appreciation. My next request to you follows. I
have jumped
>into a funded project that I had not taken part in
conceptualizing from the
>start, but having the instinct that a good experience would
emerge. I am
>now trying to shape the research further, within the bounds of
the project
>goals. Two school systems are involved, and they each are
exchanging and
>adopting some practices of the other. One is
>a suburban school system, and the other an urban school.
Perhaps a
>comparative study will be useful, but the clock is ticking...
>
>Can you offer any references of comparative studies between
institutions,
>especially those that might offer models for research
methodology?
>
>BTW One project URL follows.
>http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/BA/Best.html
>
>TIA,
>Bill
>
>
>Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
>Technology in Education
>Lesley College, 31 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
>Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
>http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/Barowy.html
>_______________________
>"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart
from yourself
> and watch yourself softly become the author of something
beautiful."
>[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
>
>