Margaret Mead: Contributions to Contemporary Education

by Kate Maguire

This book makes a case for Margaret Mead's contributions to education discourses, which in retrospect appear visionary and profoundly democratic, non judgemental and transdisciplinary, and for their relevance for education today at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Mead combined her substantial skills and knowledge as a linguist, anthropologist and psychologist to draw attention to the primary role of culture and society in identity formation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401793085
• ISBN13: 9789401793087
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"