This history of the ethnic classification used in various Central American countries provides conceptual and historical background for understanding current systems of classification. It includes tables showing the ethnic composition of Central America during the colonial regime. (JDH)

Reviews the early career of Margaret Mead (1928-1942) and study methods she used in Samoa, New Guinea, and Bali. Particular attention is paid to her examinations of sex roles and her own experiences as a female scientist. (Part of a theme issue on anthropological methods in educational research.) (SJL)

This theoretical analysis of sociological conceptions of skill contrasts four approaches: positivist, ethnomethodological, Weberian, and Marxist. It is argued that impasses in industrial sociology stem from the fact that these approaches use very different notions of skill. (58 references) (SK)

This article serves as a foundation for understanding the earliest form of technical instruction in colonial America. It is a synthesis of historical studies that have addresses the education of indentured servants and apprentices in colonial America. It defines indentured servitude and contrasts it with apprenticeship--a form of indentured…

Several issues related to conducting ethnographic research in schools are explored under 4 criterion headings: 1) appropriateness of the problem; 2) appropriateness of the ethnographer; 3) appropriateness of the research "climate"; and 4) appropriateness of expectations for the completed study. (AUTHOR/NQ)

Prepared for a symposium, "The Social Sciences in Japan Today," held at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies Chicago, March 22, 1967.

The articles in the volume on ethnography and education are seen as an attempt to think through the underlying conceptions of ethnographic method in order to provide a context and logic for its application to education. They represent an effort to bridge the gap between anthropological and educational ethnography. Some of the discussions address…

Discusses the iron tower, a key symbol in the mythology of the Haya people of Northwestern Tanzania, in terms of the historical and symbolic importance of iron production in the area. Through structural analysis, the mythic unification of industrial production and human procreation is clarified. (CS)

Paper discusses the relationship of the disciplines of anthropology and education in terms of teaching and the conceptual framework of anthropology. (GB)

Research made possible by a National Science Foundation Institutional grant to the University of Arizona. (VM)

Discusses F. Graeme Chalmers' view (v22 n3 1981) that cultural anthropology, (more specifically ethnography) is an essential aspect of art education. The complexity of modern society requires that art education promote understanding of cultural pluralism. (AM)

Developed by the German pedagogue Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852), the Kindergarten offered a revolutionary educational program for young children. In the mid-nineteenth century, after several decades of limited success in the German states, Froebel's Kindergarten began to be transplanted to other countries, including the USA and England. The…

"American Languages: Indians, Ethnology, and the Empire for Liberty" is a study of knowledge and power, as it relates to Indian affairs, in the early republic. It details the interactions, exchanges, and networks through which linguistic and racial ideas were produced and it examines the effect of those ideas on Indian administration. First…

A taxonomy and ethnographic description of terminology for diseases in Bono as presented in various studies. Divisions are drawn on 13 levels between those disease spiritually caused or naturally caused, contagious and non-contagious, those which will result in death and those which do not, etc. (SC)