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ERIC Number: EJ1003910
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 6
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
"Islands of Decency": Building Capacity in a Sea of Despair
Abu El-Haj, Thea Renda
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v44 n1 p15-18 Mar 2013
This response focuses attention on three key issues raised by Brayboy's talk: training our analyses on the impact of neoliberal policies reshaping schools and societies, developing an engaged anthropology of education to build local capacity, and remembering the centrality of our relationships in the midst of this work. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Educational Anthropology, Civil Rights, Refugees, Teaching Conditions, Disadvantaged, Educational Policy, Depression (Psychology), Professional Development, Outcomes of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Palestine; Lebanon; United States