Academic Catalog

EDS211 ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION

Course Code: 4540211
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 2(2-0)
ECTS Credit: 4.0
Department: Educational Sciences
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Fundamental concepts related to education and anthropology; links between culture, learning, and schooling; relation of learning as a social process with socio-cultural contexts; cultural foundations of education, school culture, popular culture, study of marginalized groups in education, major approaches used by educational anthropologists; challenges and rewards of using anthropological concepts in educational research; trends about education in 21st century, and education in Turkish written and oral history.