Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a reprint of a now classic text dealing with Wolcott''s dissertation topic on the study of a Kwakiutl Indian village and the one-room school he taught at Village Island in the Alert Bay region of British Columbia. Within the book, Wolcott''s interest in anthropology and training as an educator are blended together to present a unique look into the educational training of Indian children. Village life and the social environment from which young Indian children learn cultural conventions are skillfully contrasted with the formal, structured educational systemof which Wolcott as a teacher is part ofwithin the village. In showing these two opposing educational systems, the author is able to highlight problems that arise and additionally the issues which come from an ethnographer being involved in a situation more than through just observation.
Trade ReviewReading the Kwakiutl story dramatized for me, what we do to a group of people and to their children, if we take away their heritage, their language, their traditions, and their customs. -- Edith King, University of Denver
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface, 2003 Part 2 Preface, 1966 Part 3 Foreword Part 4 Introduction Part 5 Part One: The Village and its Children Chapter 6 Chapter 1: Features of Everyday Life Chapter 7 Chapter 2: The Annual Economic Cycle Chapter 8 Chapter 3: Social Activities of Villagers Part 9 Part Two: The Village School Chapter 10 Chapter 4: The Educational Setting Chapter 11 Chapter 5: Parents and Teachers Chapter 12 Chapter 6: The Pupils and the Classroom Chapter 13 Chapter 7: In Retrospect and Prospect Part 14 Afterword, 1989 Part 15 Appendix: Autobiography of Lucy Puglas Part 16 Bibliographic Addendum
