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ERIC Number: EJ638358
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
A Century of Margaret Mead.
McDermott, Ray
Teachers College Record, v103 n5 p843-67 Oct 2001
Analyzes Margaret Mead's contributions, focusing on Mead as an anthropologist and educator. It discusses contradictions in her ethnographies and in her work on learning. The paper also discusses her beliefs about the problems of the contemporary United States, particularly her rarely noticed contributions to a theory of learning. (SM)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence, Learning Theories, Public Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mead (Margaret)