ethnography and education

Why there's a silenced DIALOGUE?

• There's little diversity in power groups.
• Failure to recognize the opinions of other demographics.
• Disconnect between power groups and minority population
• Miscommunication, alienation lack of understanding
• Power group doesn't recognize intelligence in minorty culture

5 Complex rules of power

• Issues of power enacted in classrooms
• Codes established for participation in power
• Rules reflect the values of power groups
• Being informed makes acquiring power easier
• Those with power deny their power, thosoe with little recognize it 

Rules of power and its influence

• Teachers and decision makers have power of students
• Established set of rules for everyday life
• Students in lower status are told their culture in incorrect  
• Middle class educators force change in lower class students 
• Power groups think their the norm, and other are wrong

Opposition from minorities

• "I want the same for everyone esle's children as I want for mine" 
• Liberal middle class education values leads to the status-quo 
• This type of instruction will keep the liberal middle class in power
• Forces outside values on students
• Spreads negativity about the culture of the minority student

Research and teaching methods

• Doesn't recognize that people learn and communicate differently.
• Too opinionated when it comes to education.
• Promotes a one size fits all method of teaching.

Lisa's suggestion

• Learn the culture of others 
• Communicate with parents, ask questions 
• Acknowledge and accept differences