A Companion to the Anthropology of Education

<i>A Companion to the Anthropology of Education</i> 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.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Includes contributions by leading educational anthropologists</li> <li>Integrates work from and on many different national systems of scholarship, including China, the United States, Africa, the Middle East, Colombia, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, and Denmark</li> <li>Examines the consequences of history, cultural diversity, language policies, governmental mandates, inequality, and literacy for everyday educational processes</li> </ul>