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; F

• ISBN13: 9780742501195
• ISBN10: 0742501191
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-28
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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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