This volume brings the perspectives of educational anthropology to
the consideration of the education of ethnic and linguistic
minority students and to the challenges often associated with that
enterprise. Built around a core of chapters originally published in
the Anthropology and Education Quarterly, which presented two major
anthropological perspectives on school success and failure for
minority students, focuses on the cultural difference approach and
the discontinuity approach. Each is represented by a theoretical
chapter and two case studies. Chapters contrast anthropological and
nonanthropological perspectives on minority education, outlining
key concepts and methods in educational anthropology for readers
who may be unfamiliar with the field. A later section offers recent
modifications or additions to the two major perspectives. These
chapters examine the role of parents and community in minority
education, call attention to the cultural groupings that an form in
response to the school context itself, focus attention on children
as active decision-makers in school, and question the validity of
the whole conceptualization of school success and failure.
Concluding chapters on applying anthropological perspectives to
policy and practice.
General
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Contemporary Studies in Social and Policy Issues in Education: The David C. Anch |
| Release date: |
1993 |
| First published: |
1993 |
| Authors: |
Evelyn Jacob
• Cathie Jordan
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
292 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-89391-868-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-89391-868-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780893918682 |
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