| Title | The Anthropology of Learning |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1982 |
| Authors | Wolcott, Harry |
| Journal | Anthropology & Education Quarterly |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 83-108 |
| ISSN | 1548-1492 |
| Abstract | Although anthropologists have often reported child-training practices and formal efforts to transmit culture, they have not been overly concerned with the ways that individuals within a society actually “acquire” cu1ture. This paper calls for more attention to culture acquisition and suggests how the study of first-language acquisition seems to offer a useful model. Attention is also given to inventorying myriad concepts and ideas about learning that anthropologists have contributed but have not subjected to systematic inquiry. ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION, CULTURAL ACQUISITION, CULTURAL TRANSMISSION, ENCULTURATION, LEARNING. |
| Notes | 'Dated article calling for an anthropology of learning that examines transmission of culture as learning ... and points to language acquisition as an area for further research. \nWhat I like about this article is the insistance that teaching and learning are distinct (cites MMead\'s own insistence on this point, but notes her interest was in teaching)\nOnly use is early example of anthropology of learning per se.\n - ntanio'
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| URL | https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/aeq.1982.13.2.05x1827g |
| DOI | 10.1525/aeq.1982.13.2.05x1827g |
