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ERIC Number: EJ597667
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
New Caledonia: Coutume and Culture in Education.
Clanche, Pierre
International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, v45 n3-4 p359-365 1999
Describes the Kanak culture in New Caledonia, a French colony located in the South Pacific. Explores the educational system in New Caledonia and the role Kanak culture, or la coutume, plays in schools. Examines the implications of didactic and customary learning and customary influences in school that affect Kanak students, learning, and culture. (VWC)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Anthropology, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Student Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Caledonia