Current Approaches to Research in Anthropology and Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20079458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maressa Dixon, Maressa L Dixon, Kathryn M Borman, Bridget A Cotner (0000-0001-9312-7294) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The AERA handbook on educational policy research (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203880968.ch6 |
| OpenAlex | W2486261964 |
| ISBN | 9780203880968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
For anthropologists of education, the beginnings of the fi eld are readily identifi ed. They are closely linked with the efforts of George and Louise Spindler at Stanford University who fi rst defi ned the fi eld. Their own academic histories included considerable work over 50 years in what George Spindler (2000) identifi es as their “four careers”: psychological anthropology, anthropology and education, teaching, and editing. The key event that ushered the new fi eld of anthropology and education into play was a conference held at Stanford in the 1950s that included many of those associated with the fi eld from its earliest beginnings. Attending the conference were activists and philosophers, as well as academic anthropologists, including Theodore Brameld, Cora Du Bois, Jules Henry, Dorothy Lee, and Solon Kimball. These individuals made contributions during the 1950s and 60s to the emerging fi eld of education and anthropology by introducing courses of study at both the elementary and the secondary levels, including the study of Eskimo and Iroquois culture (Ellison, 1960). In addition, these pioneers saw the potential for anthropology and education to inform educational theory and practice, especially with respect to the “improvement of understanding of school and society as socio-cultural phenomena” (Hoebel, 1955, p. 301). Establishing academic programs focused on anthropology and education also occurred during this period at Stanford’s College of Education by the Spindlers, but even earlier at Harvard and New York University-as early as the 1940s according to Hoebel (1955). Additional early programs came into being at Teachers College, Columbia University, Washington University, and The University of Chicago
Geography · Sociology · Anthropology · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Media, Communication, and Education · Geology · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |