ANTHR-318 Anthropology of Education

Examines the school as a site for the reconstruction of cultural difference. Special attention paid to links between schooling and the nation, to connections between schooling and modernity, and to themes such as discipline, value, gender, language and labor. Examples from Bolivia, Tanzania, India and the United States, among other nation-states. Concludes with a consideration of globalization, specifically the rise in neoliberal approaches in the governance of school systems.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive.)

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

EDUC-318

Prerequisite

ANTHR-113, EDUC-102 or consent of instructor