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Chilcott, John H. – 1987
This paper is based on the assumption that each school creates its own culture and that comparisons between a tribal society and a school society might prove profitable as a heuristic device to learn how change might be more effectively approached by change agents. Studies of the impact of western technology on tribal societies have suggested that…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Traits, Culture, Culture Conflict
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Chilcott, John H. – Journal of American Indian Education, 1985
Since the school--shaped to serve modern society--cannot accommodate the Yaqui world view, which exists apart from modern society, the Yaqui community might consider nonformal education programs to help their youth cope with the non-Yaqui world, present the school in Yaqui terms, and give it worth in the Yaqui value system. (JHZ)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Beliefs
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Chilcott, John H. – Educational Researcher, 1992
Reviews nine titles in the subdiscipline of anthropology and education, which include collections of essays and ethnographic analyses. The works deal with anthropological perspectives on education; the methodology of ethnography; the ethnology of education; anthropological perspectives for educating minority populations; and perspectives on school…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict, Dropouts
Chilcott, John H. – 1983
It is within the sphere of their socioreligious domain that Arizona Yaquis have been able to survive as a cultural group. Yet this domain, consisting of the two realms of the profane (good versus evil), and the sacred enchanted world of "huya ania," exists apart from the external world of a modern industrial society. The school, because…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Change Strategies