ANTH 6080 Educational Anthropology

This seminar provides the tools for the application of anthropological principles and methods to education as part of the enculturative process and as an agent for cultural stability and change in both simple and complex societies. Basic anthropological concepts are utilized in the analysis of specific systems of both formal and informal education with a view to acquiring a deeper understanding of the role of education in the socialization of the individual within a specific cultural context.
Credits: 3.0