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This book is a reprint of a now classic text dealing with Wolcott's dissertation topic on the study of a Kwakiutl Indian village and the one-room school he taught at Village Island in the Alert Bay region of British Columbia. Within the book, Wolcott's interest in anthropology and training as an educator are blended together to present a unique look into the educational training of Indian children. Village life and the social environment from which young Indian children learn cultural conventions are skillfully contrasted with the formal, structured educational system-of which Wolcott as a teacher is part of-within the village. In showing these two opposing educational systems, the author is able to highlight problems that arise and additionally the issues which come from an ethnographer being involved in a situation more than through just observation.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface, 2003
Part 2 Preface, 1966
Part 3 Foreword
Part 4 Introduction
Part 5 Part One: The Village and its Children
Chapter 6 Chapter 1: Features of Everyday Life
Chapter 7 Chapter 2: The Annual Economic Cycle
Chapter 8 Chapter 3: Social Activities of Villagers
Part 9 Part Two: The Village School
Chapter 10 Chapter 4: The Educational Setting
Chapter 11 Chapter 5: Parents and Teachers
Chapter 12 Chapter 6: The Pupils and the Classroom
Chapter 13 Chapter 7: In Retrospect and Prospect
Part 14 Afterword, 1989
Part 15 Appendix: Autobiography of Lucy Puglas
Part 16 Bibliographic Addendum

Product details

Published Jul 21 2003
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 180
ISBN 9780759105256
Imprint AltaMira Press
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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