Perspective on Minority Education: An Interview with Anthropologist John Ogbu.

Le Grand, Kathryn R.

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Publication Date: 1981-May

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Perspective on Minority Education: An Interview with Anthropologist John Ogbu.

Le Grand, Kathryn R.

Journal of Reading, v24 n8 p680-86 May 1981

Nigerian anthropologist John Ogbu examines the academic failure of minority groups within the context of American society and draws comparisons to minority group education in five other cultures. (MKM)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Aspiration, Comparative Education, Educational Anthropology, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Low Income Groups, Lower Class, Minority Groups, Reading Achievement, Social Discrimination, Social Stratification

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: India; Israel; Japan; New Zealand; United Kingdom (Great Britain); United States

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