La etnografía: una alternativa de titulación de grado

• Main Authors: Valencia-Medina, Elvia, Barreno-Salinas, Zoila, Chenche-Muñoz, Félix
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Estatal de Milagro 2016-08-01
• Series: Ciencia UNEMI
• Subjects: alternative for Degree qualification; cultural anthropology; good living; qualitative research
• Online Access: http://ojs.unemi.edu.ec/index.php/cienciaunemi/article/view/326/282

This paper aims to critically analyze the relevance of ethnography as an alternative work for degree qualification, which is referred to in the Regulation of the Academic Regime 2013, issued by the Higher Education Council, CES. The selection of ethnography as a method of research work will enable students to strengthen the research skills and develop their skills in real contexts of community service. The proposal has been preceded by experiences of qualitative research that were conducted in Institutional Academic Projects in vulnerable sectors of Milagro city, Ecuador, in 2012 and 2013. In that draft some techniques were applied such as participant observation, informal interview, and document analysis, these techniques go hand in hand with ethnography. The main purpose was to establish the causes of the low participation of people and their level of involvement in the educational process of their children, linked to a need to influence the improvement of the educational quality and quality of life. With research expertise and knowledge of the legal framework, it is expected to demonstrate the feasibility of intervention ethnography in socio-educational problems and the possible use as an alternative for Degree qualification in Education