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- Title
An Anthropological Framework for Studying Education.
- Authors
Belle, Thomas J. La
- Abstract
The article presents a cultural perspective on the school and the teaching-learning process. Cultural anthropology is perhaps the most recent of the social sciences to concern itself with the field of education. Although educators have for some time been concerned with the influence of society and culture on the goals and content of educational programs, until recently the anthropologist has not been active in the analysis of educational phenomena or in educational decision making. In 1968 members of the American Anthropology Association formed the Council on Anthropology and Education in order to create a group of individuals concerned with the application of anthropological concepts and methods to the study of the educational process. In addition, departments of education and anthropology respectively began to offer courses and programs for the training of educational anthropologists. Although much confusion exists about how the two fields can best unify efforts, there is common interest in the educational process, in what learners do as they adapt to certain environments, and what is done to and for learners with respect to specific educational goals.
- Subjects
EDUCATION; DECISION making; ANTHROPOLOGY; LEARNING; TEACHERS; ORGANIZATIONAL structure; PROBLEM solving; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; GOAL (Psychology)
- Publication
Teachers College Record, 1972, Vol 73, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
0161-4681
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/016146817207300401