Keeping Culture Out of the Classroom in Rural Solomon Islands Schools: A Critical Analysis.

Watson-Grego, Karen Ann; Grego, David W.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Keeping Culture Out of the Classroom in Rural Solomon Islands Schools: A Critical Analysis.

Watson-Grego, Karen Ann; Grego, David W.

Educational Foundations, v8 n2 p27-55 Spr 1994

Social and institutional factors in the Solomon Islands, shaped by colonialism and modernization, affect classroom practice, constraining teachers' use of cultural knowledge. The article challenges notions of cultural congruence as solutions to classroom problems, distinguishing between appropriation of childrens' culture for hegemonic interests versus culture use for counter-hegemonic empowerment. (SM)

Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Cultural Literacy, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Minority Group Children, Minority Group Teachers, Politics of Education, Rural Schools, Teacher Influence

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Solomon Islands

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