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Local meanings, global schooling : anthropology and world culture theory
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Complicating the concept of culture
This essay argues against a simple, reified view of culture as a set of ideas and norms belonging to a group or nation, and considers the implications of a more complicated concept for discussion of…
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Local Meanings, Global Schooling
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A World Culture of Schooling
Is there one global culture of schooling, or many? Are school systems around the world diverging from their original European sources, or are they converging toward a single model?1 This book opens a…
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Globalization and curriculum
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Inside Classrooms in Guinea: Girls' Experiences
This document the sixth chapter in a book on women and education in sub-Saharan Africa takes the reader inside classrooms in Guinea to reveal the obstacles and encouragement encountered by school…
Global Flows of Competence-based Approaches in Primary and Secondary Education
This essay reviews the history of competence-based approaches and related reforms in the domain of primary and secondary education, seeking to explain how they have come to appear in various…
Degrees of Distance between Teachers and Parents in Urban France.
This article explores the gulf between elementary teachers and parents in different neighborhoods of one French city as indicated by the teachers' criticisms of parents. While these teachers saw all…
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Reading Lessons in Guinea, France, and the United States: Local Meanings or Global Culture?
Is classroom practice becoming more homogeneous around the world, or will teachers continue to work very differently across different countries? This article addresses those questions by comparing…
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Teaching by the Book in Guinea
The Republic of Guinea in West Africa has a centralized educational system that controls teachers right down to daily sign-off on lesson plans by school directors. Yet, ironically, during our…
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