Ethnography and Critical Knowledge of Education in Latin America.

Rockwell, Elsie

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ERIC Number: EJ453670

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Ethnography and Critical Knowledge of Education in Latin America.

Rockwell, Elsie

Prospects, v21 n2 p156-67 1991

Describes changes in the education systems of Latin America and the work of ethnographic researchers in the area. Examines thematic trends such as cultural reproduction, school failure, schools and the disadvantaged, teachers' protest movements, and what knowledge is really being acquired. Argues that critical attitudes have enhanced the status of state run school systems. (DK)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Lower Class, Public Opinion, Sociocultural Patterns

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

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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