Anthropology of Education

1 Unit · Undergraduate

This course explores central concepts and methods used by sociocultural anthropologists to study and understand the relationship between culture, context, power, and learning. Topics explored include everyday learning, cultural influences on education, the anthropology of literacy, race and inequality, immigrant education, social reproduction in schooling, and the anthropology of educational policy. Students cannot take and receive credit for more than one completion of SESP 342-0 , SESP 351-0 "Anthropology of Education," or ANTHRO 390-0 "Anthropology of Education."