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Spindler, George; Spindler, Louise – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1989
Discusses how self concept and its adaptations to academic success and failure are related to each other and to "cultural therapy." Analyzes research with a German agricultural community undergoing industrialization, and Menominee Indians adapting to majority culture using the Instrumental Activities Inventory (IAI). Extends the analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment)