Series Editor's Preface

Introduction

Section I: An Overview of Qualitative Research in Latin America

Chapter One Ethnography and the Commitment to Public Schooling A Review of Research at the DIE

Elsie Rockwell

Chapter Two Appropriating Ethnography for Research in Education Reflections on Recent Efforts in Argentina and Chile

Graciela Batallan

Chapter Three An Overview of Ethnographic Research in Mexico An Approach to Educational Problems

Maria Bertely

Martha Corenstein

Section II: Qualitative Studies of Social, Educational, and Institutional Change

Chapter Four The Political Resocialization of Women in a Brazilian Literacy Program (MOVA)

Nelly P. Stromquist

Chapter Five The Role of Women in the Democratization of Schools and Families in Argentina

Beatriz Schmukler

Chapter Six Anomie and Education The Politics of Innovation in a Mexican High School

Juan Fidel Zorrilla

Section III: Qualitative Action Research for Teacher Development and Improved Classroom Practices

Chapter Seven Teachers As Learners The Dialectics of Improving Pedagogical Practice in Brazil

Elvira Souza Lima

Chapter Eight Participatory Action Research in Teacher Education A Method for Studying the Everyday Reality of Teaching in Latin America

Anita Barabtarlo y Zedansky

Margarita Theesz Poschner

Chapter Nine The Development of a Longitudinal Model for Teacher Training Applied Ethnographic Research in Urban, Low-Income Elementary Schools in Costa Rica

Margarita Brenes

Natalia Campos

Nidia Garcia

Marta Rojas

Emilia Campos

Conclusion

Latin American Research Centers in Education

Contributors

Index