Schooling the Symbolic Animal

Social and Cultural Dimensions of Education
Herausgeber: Levinson, Bradley A. U.; Eisenhart, Margaret; Borman, Kathryn M.

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Produktbeschreibung

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. The reprinted selections are contextualized in new interpretive essays written specifically for this volume.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9780742501201
• ISBN-10: 0742501205
• Artikelnr.: 21025889

Autorenporträt

Bradley A. U. Levinson is assistant professor of education and adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at Indiana University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 The Symbolic
Animal: Foundations of Cultural Transmission and Acquisition Chapter 4 The
Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man Chapter 5 Culture is
Ordinary Chapter 6 The Education of the Samoan Child Chapter 7 Stalking
Stories Chapter 8 Education and the Human Condition Chapter 9 The Nature of
Education Chapter 10 Why Do Frenchmen? Chapter 11 Becoming a Marihuana User
Part 12 Culture, Modernization, and Formal Education Chapter 13 The Shaping
of Men's Minds: Adaptations to Imperatives of Culture Chapter 14 Formal
Schooling and the Production of Modern Citizens in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Chapter 15 Transmitting Traditional Values in New Schools: Elementary
Education of Pulap Atoll Chapter 16 The Cultural Transformation of Western
Education in Sierra Leone Part 17 School Practice and Community Life:
Cultural Congruence, Conflict, and Discontinuity Chapter 18 What No Bedtime
Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School Chapter 19 Understanding
Cultural Diversity and Learning Chapter 20 Formation and Transformation of
Funds of Knowledge Among US-Mexican Households Chapter 21 Habitus and
Cultural Identity: Home/School Relationships in Rural France Part 22
Cultural Production and Reproduction in Contemporary Schools Chapter 23
Ability Grouping as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: A Microanalysis of
Teacher-Student Interaction Chapter 24 Beneath the Skin and Between the
Ears: A Case Study in the Politics of Representation Chapter 25 Moments of
Discontent: University Women and the Gender Status Quo Chapter 26 Class and
Gender Dynamics in a Ruling Class School Part 27 New Directions and
Approaches to Culture, Learning, and Education Chapter 28 Those Loud Black
Girls: (Black) Women, Silence, and Gender Passing in the Academy Chapter 29
Tying Things Together (and Stretching Them Out) With Popular Culture
Chapter 30 Fieldwork in the Postcommunity Chapter 31 The Fax, the Jazz
Player, and the Self-History Teller: How Do People Organize Culture?
Chapter 32 Afterword: Implications for Policy and Practice