标题:PROBLEMS WHICH CONFRONT A SCIENTIST INVESTIGATING NICHE COMMUNITIES. ETHNOPEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE OLD ORDER AMISH IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE US
摘要:THE PRESENT TEXT REFERS TO ISSUES RELATED TO METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN IDENTIFYING NICHE COMMUNITIES - THE OLD ORDER AMISH LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE UNITED STATES. THE RESEARCHER CONDUCTED HER ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CLOSED, HERMETIC COMMUNITY OF THE CONSERVATIVE ANABAPTIST. HIDING COMPUTER, CHANGING CLOTHES AND BEHAVIOR WERE SYMBOLIC PLEDGE OF LOYALTY TO THE HOSTS. THE RESEARCHER TREATS THE AMISH AS A NICHE GAP IN THE PRESENT, AND THEIR EDUCATION - DEFINES IN THE TERM ENDEMIC EDUCATION.