A companion to the anthropology of education

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Label

A companion to the anthropology of education

Statement of responsibility

edited by Bradley A.U. Levinson and Mica Pollock

Contributor

• Levinson, Bradley A., 1963-
• Pollock, Mica, 1971-

Editor

• Levinson, Bradley A., 1963-
• Pollock, Mica, 1971-

Subject

• Educational anthropology
• Educational anthropology
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
• Pädagogische Anthropologie
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture

Language

eng

Summary

• "A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural dimension of educational processes in both formal and nonformal settings. Explores theoretical and applied approaches to cultural practice in a diverse range of educational settings around the world, in both formal and non-formal contexts Includes contributions by leading educational anthropologists Integrates work from and on many different national systems of scholarship, including China, the United States, Africa, the Middle East, Colombia, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, and Denmark Examines the consequences of history, cultural diversity, language policies, governmental mandates, inequality, and literacy for everyday educational processes"--
• "Integrating work from several different national systems of scholarship, A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-art overview of the field of anthropology of education. Leading educational anthropologists examine everyday educational processes in culturally diverse settings, and the impacts on those processes of history, language policies, geographically specific problems and solutions, governmental mandates, literacy, inequality, multiculturalism, and more. Each contributor evaluates the key anthropological advances, arguments and approaches that inform the field's research. The Companion presents both theoretical and applied perspectives on important processes of education, in specific locations and worldwide"--

Member of

• Blackwell companions to anthropology, 12

Assigning source

• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DG1

Dewey number

306.43

Index

index present

LC call number

LB45

LC item number

.C653 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Blackwell companions to anthropology

Series volume

12