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Anthropology of education

Course Description: The Anthropology of Education course focuses on employing anthropological approaches to understand the cultural dimension of humans, the influence of institutions on their education and upbringing, and the analysis of surrounding educational phenomena within the comprehensive and holistic framework of their society's culture.
Credits: 2
Objectives of the course :

The course "Anthropology of Education" aims to deepen students' understanding of the cultural dimension of humans and societies, and to utilize anthropological approaches to understand the impact of educational institutions on human upbringing and socialization. It also seeks to analyze surrounding educational phenomena in the holistic context of their societal culture, through the following sub-objectives:
• Reviews the concepts associated with anthropology and its characteristics, its importance, and its relationship with other sciences.
• Explains the historical background of anthropology and the factors that contributed to its emergence.
• Explains the fields of anthropology: physical, cultural, and social, and their branches. .
Analyzes the concepts of anthropology of education, its development, objectives, importance, and functions.
• It defines the relationship between anthropology and education, practical applications, and the anthropological approach to studying education.
• Describes educational anthropology in terms of: different approaches to educational anthropology, research methods within it, key methodological steps, and field (ethnographic) studies.
• Deduces the relationship between anthropology and education in modern society through anthropological theories.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:

  • It reviews the concepts of anthropology, its characteristics, its importance, and its relationship with other sciences.
  • It explains the historical background of anthropology, the factors that contributed to its emergence, and the theoretical trends of its development.
  • It defines the fields of anthropology: natural, cultural, and social, and their branches.
  • Extract concepts of anthropology of education, its development, goals, importance, and functions.
  • The relationship between anthropology and education, and the anthropological approach to studying education.

 

Skills:

  • Applies anthropological approaches, research methods, and their associated systematic steps to solve educational problems.
  • It employs anthropological theories to interpret educational issues.
  • He employs self-learning skills and modern techniques in the application of anthropological research.
  • Actively participates using traditional and digital learning resources in implementing some anthropological research projects.

Values, autonomy and responsibility:

  • Understands other cultures, their differences, history, and impact on the accumulation of human knowledge and experience.
  • Appreciates local subcultures and their importance in studying educational phenomena.
  • Some studies in the anthropology of education are conducted, whether theoretical or field studies.
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  • Last updated: 2026-05-07

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