ANTH 421: Education and Culture

Course Description

The course engages a holistic view of the educational processes, using anthropological concepts to explore how and where people learn. Why are there schools, and how is schooling culturally organized? The course examines the cultural complexity of how the intersection of factors such as ethnicity, race, and gender affects students' school experiences. The course highlights current trends and solutions to contemporary educational challenges from an anthropological perspective. Students cannot receive credit for bothANTH 421andANTH 521.ANTH 101orSOC 200recommended. (F, AY).