Schooling the Symbolic Animal Social and Cultural Dimensions of Education
by Levinson, Bradley A. U.; Borman, Kathryn M.; Eisenhart, Margaret; Foster, Michele; Fox, Amy E.; Basso, Keith; Bateson, Gregory; Becker, Howard S.; Bledsoe, Caroline; Cohen, Yehudi; Connel et al, R. W.,; Durkheim, Emile; Eder, Donna; Eisenhart, Margaret; FFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-11-28
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction: Whither the Symbolic Animal? Society, Culture, and Education at the Millennium | p. 1 |
| The Symbolic Animal: Foundations of Education in Cultural Transmission and Acquisition | p. 13 |
| The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man | p. 25 |
| Culture Is Ordinary | p. 31 |
| The Education of the Samoan Child | p. 36 |
| Stalking with Stories | p. 41 |
| Education and the Human Condition | p. 53 |
| The Nature of Education | p. 57 |
| Why Do Frenchmen? | p. 62 |
| Becoming a Marihuana User | p. 66 |
| Culture, Modernization, and Formal Education | p. 75 |
| The Shaping of Men's Minds: Adaptations to Imperatives of Culture | p. 83 |
| Formal Schooling and the Production of Modern Citizens in the Eduadorian Amazon | p. 108 |
| Transmitting Traditional Values in New Schools: Elementary Education of Pulap Atoll | p. 123 |
| The Cultural Transformation of Western Education in Sierra Leone | p. 137 |
| School Practice and Community Life: Cultural Congruence, Conflict, and Discontinuity | p. 159 |
| What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School | p. 169 |
| Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning | p. 190 |
| Formation and Transformation of Funds of Knowledge among U.S.-Mexican Households | p. 207 |
| Habitus and Cultural Identity: Home/School Relationships in Rural France | p. 223 |
| Cultural Production and Reproduction in Contemporary Schools | p. 237 |
| Ability Grouping as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy: A Microanalysis of Teacher-Student Interaction | p. 248 |
| Beneath the Skin and between the Ears: A Case Study in the Politics of Representation | p. 259 |
| Moments of Discontent: University Women and the Gender Status Quo | p. 280 |
| Class and Gender Dynamics in a Ruling-Class School | p. 296 |
| New Directions in the Study of Culture, Learning, and Education | p. 315 |
| "Those Loud Black Girls": (Black) Women, Silence, and Gender "Passing" in the Academy | p. 327 |
| Tying Things Together (and Stretching Them Out) with Popular Culture | p. 344 |
| Fieldwork in the Postcommunity | p. 358 |
| The Fax, the Jazz Player, and the Self-storyteller: How Do People Organize Culture? | p. 369 |
| Afterword: Implications for Educational Policy and Practice | p. 378 |
| Index | p. 383 |
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