Levinson, Bradley A. U.
A Companion to the Anthropology of Education
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
Keywords: Social & Cultural Anthropology, public policy, teaching, literacy, multiculturalism, bilingualism, media, citizenship, ethnography
- Author(s)
- Levinson, Bradley A. U.
- Pollock, Mica
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2011
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 592 pages
- Category
- Geography, Travel
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444396690
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405190053