Contributions of Anthropology to Educational Research: The Continuing Legacy of Robert A. LeVine

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium has three aims, the first of which is to honor a half-century of scholarship conducted by anthropologist Robert A. LeVine on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The second aim is to illustrate contemporary examples of LeVinian-inspired research utilizing anthropological methods--especially comparative and ethnographic studies--informed by psychological anthropology and cultural psychology, as such work continues to influence educational theory, policy and practice for diverse populations of learners. The third aim is to explore current initiatives and challenges related to understanding the cultural contexts of children's learning and education. Presenters include former students and colleagues engaged in the examination and translation of research on the cultural nature of development and learning. LeVine will provide concluding remarks.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Section 5: Social Context of Research on Schools and Communities

Chair

• Rebecca S. New, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Papers

• Cultural Values and Local Appropriations of National Policies in Early Care and Education - Rebecca S. New, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• Bringing LeVinean Methods and Concerns to Studies of Japanese Early Childhood Education - Joseph J. Tobin, University of Georgia

• Developing Destinies: Changes and Continuities in Learning of a Guatemalan Mayan Midwife and Town - Barbara Rogoff, University of California - Santa Cruz

• LeVine as Provocateur for the Hybridization of Educational Research, Theory and Practice - Susanna Mantovani, University of Milano - Bicocca

Discussant

• Robert A. LeVine, Harvard University