Etnographic research in the field of education

Etnografsko raziskovanje na področju vzgoje in izobraževanja je pri nas slabše poznano in uporabljano. Pojem etnografsko raziskovanje je različno definiran: pogosto se enači s kvalitativnim raziskovanjem, z opazovanjem z udeležbo ali s študijo primera. V prispevku ga zaradi specifičnih lastnosti obravnavamo kot vrsto raziskave. Najprej izpostavimo problem opredelitve etnografskega raziskovanja, predstavimo osnovne značilnosti in proces etnografske raziskave. Opozorimo tudi na slabosti tovrstnega raziskovanja, razpravo pa zaključimo z vprašanjem o vlogi etnografskega raziskovanja na področju vzgoje in izobraževanja.In the field of educational research, ethnography is not well known and consequently it is not frequently used. The concept of ethnographic research is differently, unevenly defined. It is frequently misinterpreted as qualitative research, participatory observation or as a case study. The aim of the present paper was to present ethnographic research as an approach in educational research. We first highlight the problems regarding its definitionwe then present the particularities and the process of ethnographic research. We also point out to some disadvantages of this approach and we conclude the paper with the question of the role of ethnographic research in the field of education