The Fabric of a Student's Life and Thought: Practicing Cultural Anthropology in the Classroom.

Barnes, Nancy

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Fabric of a Student's Life and Thought: Practicing Cultural Anthropology in the Classroom.

Barnes, Nancy

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v23 n2 p145-59 Jun 1992

Describes an approach to college teaching in which anthropology contributes to constructing a problem-posing pedagogy. The following distinctive aspects of teaching anthropology are examined: (1) the teacher's anthropological stance; (2) ethnographic methods; (3) investigation of ethnographies; and (4) examination of interpretive theories of culture. (SLD)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change, Ethnography, Higher Education, Professors, Social Change, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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