Toward Common Ground: The Uses of Educational Anthropology in Multicultural Education

Authors

  • Peter Demerath University of Minnesota
  • Allison Mattheis University of Minnesota

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v14i3.622

Keywords:

anthropology, culture, race

Abstract

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This article reviews advances of interest to multicultural educators and researchers in the complementary disciplines of multicultural education and educational anthropology including: the culture concept; biological and sociological conceptions of “race;” postmodern understandings of identity and subjectivity; and ethnographic accounts of how students’ school experiences are shaped by globalization, immigration, class culture, neoliberalism, and popular culture. We further consider ways that teachers can support students from diverse backgrounds, and sociocultural approaches to understanding educational policy impacts and appropriation. Our hope is to narrow the distance between these two fields so that common aims can be even more effectively realized.

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Published

2012-12-20

How to Cite

Demerath, P., & Mattheis, A. (2012). Toward Common Ground: The Uses of Educational Anthropology in Multicultural Education. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v14i3.622