Autora: Petrelli, L.

Resumen: This article examines the possibilities of a comparative approach for ethnographic investigations on teachers’ work. It draws on contributions from a study carried out from 2006 to 2010 in private schools in Buenos Aires. Due to the deep socioeconomic crisis in Argentina in the 1990s, those schools reorganized themselves into cooperative schools. From a holistic approach, the study develops a comparative analysis related to the presencias estatales (state presences) in schools and how teachers experienced this. As the investigation progressed, a series of correlations between theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches were unfolded, allowing teachers’ work, from their “lived experience” perspective, to be recontextualized. The article is organized in four sections. The introduction presents the aim, the methodology, and an overview of the international context for developing comparative ethnographic investigations. The next section provides an overview of studies on teachers’ work in Latin America and Argentina, as well as the possibilities of comparison in the particular thematic field. Moving forward, it describes: (a) the theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches in detail through comparative analysis about the presencia estatales in cooperative schools, and (b) the ways in which teachers experience this. The conclusion presents a synthesis of the comparative analysis and propose new inquiries for further investigations..

Citar como: Petrelli, L. (2019). “Ethnography and the Study of Teachers´ Work in Latin America”. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Disponible en:  https://oxfordre.com/education/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.001… .

Nota: Petrelli, Lucía codirige el proyecto NUEVAS UNIVERSIDADES Y PROCESOS DE REGULACIÓN ESTATAL: TRAYECTORIAS Y MODOS DE VIDA DE JÓVENES ESTUDIANTES, DOCENTES Y GRADUADOS DE LA UNPAZ.