This course is designed for students engaged in independent research. It provides students with a systematic explication of the theoretical backgrounds and research methods of ethnographic study in education and social sciences. It aims to familiarize students withthe conceptual tools, research procedures and methods of ethnographic studies onorganization, group or individual level. The topics to be covered in the module are: conception of Verstehen and the theoretical foundation of interpretative research, phenomenologists and interactionists contributions to ethnography study, methods and procedures of ethnographic study, review of local and foreign examples of ethnographic studies in education and social sciences.