A Companion to the Anthropology of Education
A Companion to the Anthropology of Education
- ISBN 13:
9781119111665
- ISBN 10:
1119111668
- Edition: 1st
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 01/19/2016
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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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