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This is a guide for those researching the anthropology of education, including ethnography.

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Anthropology
Education

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Background information

A companion to the anthropology of education / edited by Bradley A. U. Levinson, Mica Pollock.
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .C653 2011
""A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field, exploring the social and cultural dimension of educational processes in both formal and nonformal settings. Explores theoretical and applied approaches to cultural practice in a diverse range of educational settings around the world, in both formal and non-formal contexts.'

New books

Learning under neoliberalism : ethnographies of governance in higher education / edited by Susan Brin Hyatt, Boone W. Shear and Susan Wright.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC171 .L43 2015
Engaging the Hispanic learner : ten strategies for using culture to increase achievement / Michele Wages, PhD.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC2669 .W34 2015
Practice-oriented.
Who's afraid of the big bad dragon? : why China has the best (and worst) education system in the world / Yong Zhao.
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC94 .C5 Z424 2014
Ethnographies of schooling in contemporary India / edited by Meenakshi Thapan.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.8 .I4 E84 2014
Ethnography in education / David Mills & Missy Morton.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .M54 2013
Children and young people as knowledge producers / edited by Gina Porter, Janet Townsend and Kate Hampshire.
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .C45 2014
Ethnographies of science education : situated practices of science learning for social/political transformation / edited by Carol B. Brandt and Heidi Carlone.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » Q181.3 .E87 2014
Key themes in the ethnography of education : achievements and agendas / Sara Delamont.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .D45 2014
Both sides of the table : autoethnographies of educators learning and teaching with/in [dis]ability / edited by Phil Smith.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC4031 .B68 2013
Dialogue across difference : practice, theory and research on intergroup dialogue / edited by Patricia Gurin, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, and Ximena Zúñiga.
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1033.5 .D53 2013
Practice-oriented.
Disposed to learn : schooling, ethnicity and the scholarly habitus / Megan Watkins and Greg Noble.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .W296 2013
Wild children--domesticated dreams : civilization and the birth of education / Layla AbdelRahim.
Winnipeg, MB : Fernwood Pub., c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .A24 2013
Valuing useless knowledge : an anthropological inquiry into the meaning of liberal education / Robert Bates Graber ; foreword by Troy Paino.
2nd ed. Kirksville, Mo. : Truman State University Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1011 .G63 2012
Be(com)ing human : semiosis and the myth of reason / Andrew Stables.
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB14.7 .S7 2012
Anthropologies of education : a global guide to ethnographic studies of learning and schooling / edited by Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt.
New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .A823 2012
The dialectics of African education and Western discourses : counter-hegemonic perspectives / edited by Handel Kashope Wright & Ali A. Abdi.
New York : P. Lang, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .D46 2012
Ethnographic interviewing for teacher preparation and staff development : a field guide / Carolyn Frank.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.28 .F74 2011
Practice-oriented.
Words at work and play : three decades in family and community life / Shirley Brice Heath.
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » P35.5 .U6 H43 2012
Language, ethnography, and education : bridging new literacy studies and Bourdieu / Michael Grenfell ... [et al.].
New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC149 .L235 2012
Through the schoolhouse door : folklore, community, curriculum / Paddy Bowman and Lynne Hamer, editors.
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1583.8 .T47 2011
Honoring our heritage : culturally appropriate approaches for teaching indigenous students / edited by Jon Reyhner, Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert, Louise Lockard.
Flagstaff, Ariz. : Northern Arizona University, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1099 .H655 2011
Racism, public schooling, and the entrenchment of white supremacy : a critical race ethnography / Sabina E. Vaught.
Albany, NY : SUNY Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA217.2 .V39 2011
Itinéraire de l'éducation en famille au Burundi : une approche interculturatrice et complémentariste / Adrien Ntabona.
Bujumbura : Éditions du CRID, [2009]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.8 .B95 N83 2009
Change matters : critical essays on moving social justice research from theory to policy / edited by sj Miller and David E. Kirkland.
New York : Peter Lang, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .C47 2010
Tensions in teacher preparation : accountability, assessment, and accreditation / Lynnette B. Erickson, Nancy Wentworth.
Bingley : Emerald, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028 .A15 V.12
Multicultural education : issues and perspectives / edited by James A. Banks, Cherry A. McGee Banks.
7th ed. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC1099.3 .M85 2010
Etnografia e educação : relatos de pesquisa / organização, Carmen Lúcia Guimarães de Mattos, Helena Amaral da Fontoura.
Rio de Janeiro : EdUERJ, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB45 .E86 2009
Academic achievers : whose definition? : an ethnographic study examining the literacy (under) development of English language learners in the era of high-stakes tests / Pierre W. Orelus.
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1062.6 .O75 2010

Journals

Anthropology & education quarterly.
Washington, Council on Anthropology and Education.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB45 .C65 V.38 2007
Journal of ethnographic & qualitative research.
Cedarville, OH : Cedarville University, c2007-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » H62 .A1 J66 V.8 2013/2014

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

AnthropologyPlus [electronic resource].
Dublin, Ohio : OCLC
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
AnthroSource [electronic resource] / a service of the American Anthropological Association in partnership with University of California Press.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2004]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Linguistics and language behavior abstracts : LLBA.
La Jolla, Calif. : Sociological Abstracts, Inc., 1985- 2004.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » P1 .L26 V.27 PT.2 1993
"This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences."
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004
"abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences."

Websites

Council on Anthroplogy and Education

"The mission of the Council on Anthropology and Education is to advance anti-oppressive, socially equitable, and racially just solutions to educational problems through research using anthropological perspectives, theories, methods, and findings."