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Schooling the Symbolic Animal : Social and Cultural Dimensions of Education

ISBN: 9780742501201 | 0742501205
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 12/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
This anthology introduces some of the most influential literature shaping our understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education today. Together the selections provide students a range of approaches for interpreting and designing educational experiences worthy of the multicultural societies of our present and future.
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Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Whither the Symbolic Animal? Society, Culture, and Education at the Millenniump. 1
The Symbolic Animal: Foundations of Education in Cultural Transmission and Acquisitionp. 13
The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Manp. 25
Culture Is Ordinaryp. 31
The Education of the Samoan Childp. 36
Stalking with Storiesp. 41
Education and the Human Conditionp. 53
The Nature of Educationp. 57
Why Do Frenchmen?p. 62
Becoming a Marihuana Userp. 66
Culture, Modernization, and Formal Educationp. 75
The Shaping of Men's Minds: Adaptations to Imperatives of Culturep. 83
Formal Schooling and the Production of Modern Citizens in the Eduadorian Amazonp. 108
Transmitting Traditional Values in New Schools: Elementary Education of Pulap Atollp. 123
The Cultural Transformation of Western Education in Sierra Leonep. 137
School Practice and Community Life: Cultural Congruence, Conflict, and Discontinuityp. 159
What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and Schoolp. 169
Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learningp. 190
Formation and Transformation of Funds of Knowledge among U.S.-Mexican Householdsp. 207
Habitus and Cultural Identity: Home/School Relationships in Rural Francep. 223
Cultural Production and Reproduction in Contemporary Schoolsp. 237
Ability Grouping as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy: A Microanalysis of Teacher-Student Interactionp. 248
Beneath the Skin and between the Ears: A Case Study in the Politics of Representationp. 259
Moments of Discontent: University Women and the Gender Status Quop. 280
Class and Gender Dynamics in a Ruling-Class Schoolp. 296
New Directions in the Study of Culture, Learning, and Educationp. 315
"Those Loud Black Girls": (Black) Women, Silence, and Gender "Passing" in the Academyp. 327
Tying Things Together (and Stretching Them Out) with Popular Culturep. 344
Fieldwork in the Postcommunityp. 358
The Fax, the Jazz Player, and the Self-storyteller: How Do People Organize Culture?p. 369
Afterword: Implications for Educational Policy and Practicep. 378
Indexp. 383
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