Critical Ethnography in Cultural Studies and It’s Implication for Comparative Education：Perspective from Paul Willis’ 《Learning to Labour》

• Main Author: 江吉田
• Other Authors: 方永泉
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86230365893626755176

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 比較教育學系 === 92 === Abstract This study is focused on the issue of critical ethnography in cultural studies and it’s implication for comparative education,especially perspective from Paul Willis’ Learning to Labour.There are four main purposes for this study.The first one is to explain the main concept and research dimension of critical ethnography. The second purpose is to analyze critical ethnography in cultural studies and it’s contribution.The third purpose of this study is to explore the content and methdology of Learning to Labour.The fourth purpose of this study is to explicate the application of critical ethnography in comprative education research. This study adopts documentary analysis and theoretical analysis to achieve these purposes.And eight main implications are finded as follows： 1. Comparative educators should attempt to use critical ethnography in their research. 2. Comprative education research should consider both micro- and macro-perspective. 3. Comparative educators have to get rid of the myth of universal laws. 4.Comparative educators should not examine non-western countries from fragmentary knowledge form. 5. We have to find out the inequlity and power relations embedded in society. 6. Researcher should empower the human actor in their research process. 7. We should pay more attention to the topic of ‘Others’. 8. Comparative educators have to examine the issue of reproduction and resistance in developing countries. 9.Research of school culture should be a focus of attention. Based on the above findings,the following conclusions and suggestions were made： Conclusions： 1. The trends of comparative education are being more qualitative and non-quantative. 2.Learning to Labour is one of the most influential work of CCCS. 3.Learning to Labour is one of the founding book of subculture theory. 4.Learning to Labour is the classic work of critical ethnography. 5.Comprative educator are going to advocate the uses of critical ethbography. Suggestions： 1. We need to discuss the relationship between comparative education and cultural studies. 2. Comparative educator can conduct critical ethnography in research field. 3. Emphasis on the discussion of critical methodology is needed. Keyword：comparative education,critical ethnography,cultural studies