Spindler: Education and Anthropology, 1955

George Spindler, ed.

Education and anthropology

Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1955.

FOREWORD	. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	v
PREFACE	Lawrence K. Frank	vii
PARTICIPANTS	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	xv
SECTION I
AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION	I. James Quillen	1
ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION: AN OVERVIEW	George D. Spindler	5
First Session of the Conference
A Conception of Education	I. James Quillen	23
Prospectus	George D. Spindler	27
Open Discussion What Was Left Out of the Overview? Anthropology and the Anthropologist in Teacher Education Do Anthropologists Know Professional Education?	. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	29
SECTION II
MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE EDUCATIVE PROCESS IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES	Bernard J. Siegel	38
Discussant Discussant Open Discussion The Utility of the Models Normative or Descriptive? Peer Groups and Their Functions	Felix M. Keesing Solon T. Kimball	50 52
SECTION III
THE SCHOOL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNITY	John Gillin 62
Second Session of the Conference
Discussant Open Discussion Fair and Unfair Questions for the Anthropologist Discussant . . . . . . . . . . . Hilda Taba Open Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Axiological Questions . . . . . . . . . . .	Robert N. Bush	72
THE METHOD OF NATURAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION RESEARCH	Solon T. Kimball	82
Discussion Procedural Problems		85
SECTION IV
SOME NOTIONS ON LEARNING INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING	Cora DuBois	89
Third Session of the Conference
Discussant Discussant Open Discussion Varieties of and Blocks to Learning to Learn Cultural and Personal Crises and Learning Intercultural Understanding Can Primary Learning Be Unlearned? Cultural Alternatives and Intercultural Learning	Hilda Taba Lawrence K. Frank	106 110
SECTION V
CONTRASTS BETWEEN PREPUBERTAL AND POSTPUBERTAL EDUCATION	C. W. M. Hart	127
Fourth Session of the Conference
Discussant . . . . Discussant . . . . . . Open Discussion Variation and Uniformity in Prepubertal Education Discontinuities and Conflicts The Function of the Stranger Some Problems for Future Exploration	Lawrence K. Frank William E. Martin	145 150
SECTION VI
DISCREPANCIES IN THE TEACHING OF AMERICAN CULTURE	Dorothy Lee	163
Fifth Session of the Conference
Discussant Discussant Open Discussion Preliminary Considerations Should the Anthropologist Make Value judgments?	Margaret Mead Fannie Shafftel	176 178
SECTION VII
CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS THEORY	Jules Henry	188
Discussant Open Discussion Wanted: A Model for Planning Multiple Learning A Problem in Communication Storage, Coding and Receptivity, Noise and Learning	Arthur Coladarci	208
SECTION VIII
THE MEETING OF EDUCATIONAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY	Theodore Brameld	216
Sixth Session of the Conference
Discussant Discussant Discussant Author's Commentary	William H. Cowley Lawrence Thomas Bernard Siegel	238 240 242
Commentary	Alfred Kroeber	247
Open Discussion Sui Generis Labels and Positions: More on Sui Generis The Anthropologist's Role Limitations on Choice Limits, Change, and Power Constructs: Culture and Society Reconstructionism, Power, and Values	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	249
SECTION IX
Seventh Session of the Conference
AN OVERVIEW IN RETROSPECT	George D. Spindler	261
Open Discussion Anthropological and Educational Roles: An Evaluation Comments by the Observers: Further Evaluation	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	263
SUMMARY	Margaret Mead	271
Open Discussion The Anthropologist in the School as a Field	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	279
SECTION X
Eighth Session of the Conference
THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON SEGREGATION: EDUCATIONAL CONSEQUENCES	Solon T. Kimball	281
Open Discussion	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	289
INDEX	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	297

George Spindler, ed.

Education and anthropology

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