Book
Kanuri schoolchildren; education and social mobilization in Nigeria
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: xviii, 156
By: Peshkin, Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the affect of western education on Kanuri schoolchildren in order to understand the role of education in Nigeria's social change. The research is based on a one-month intensive observation by twelve native research assistants--all normal school students--of two rural and two urban primary school children. The material is presented as a composite 'day-in-the-life' of each child. The study is rich in day-to-day interactions and conversations between schoolchildren, and between schoolchildren and their siblings, parents and teachers. Peshkin observes that parents are ambivalent about Western education, which provides a route for social mobility, but undermines traditional forms of authority. He also notes that the curriculum itself may not offer a clear map to Nigeria's future, but school nevertheless creates possible agents for social change by dislodging students from the traditional way of life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Daily routine
- Education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kanuri
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- April 1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Borno State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alan Peshkin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70163190
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kanuri (African people)