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Anth 6306 Anthropology and Education

Spring 2007    Dallas Hall Room 102     Thursday 5:00 p.m. to 7:50 p.m.

Prof. Robert V. Kemper     phone: 214-768-2928     email: rkemper@smu.edu

Catalog/Course Description

The anthropological approach to the study of schools; how an anthropological framework can provide insight into the nature of education and classroom interaction.  In addition, this course will examine the development of education its cultural, economic, political, religious, and social contexts.  Special consideration will be given to "bilingual" and "bicultural" (and "multicultural") education in the United States, in Mexico, and elsewhere in the Americas.

Syllabus and Schedule AEQ Hispanic Education Articles Midterm Exam Questions
Monographs List   Final Exam Questions  Mexicans in the United States
Language and Education in Latin America Foster, Image of Limited Good Chronology of Cultures in Spain
Mexican urbanization since 1821 Framework Mexican National identity Chronology Mesoamerican Cultures
Mexico -- 20th century Chronology Kemper article "Mexico City" Días conmemorativos en México
Foster -- Culture and Conquest Kemper-Royce "Urbanization" Borders US-Mexico
Hopkins--selected articles Brittain article on immigrant children in U.S. Schools Gonzalez et al. article on "Funds of Knowledge"
Educational Innovation "Funds of Knoweldge" Student Poster Presentations -- Fall 2005 Latinos in the Midwest
  "Funds of Knowledge" Student Poster Presentations -- Spring 2007