Material Information
- Title:
- EXPLORING ANTHROPOLOGY’S POTENTIAL AS A CATALYST FOR REFORMATION IN AMERICAN PEDAGOGY
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- Ouellette, Nicole A.
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Publication Date:
- 2014
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Social Sciences
- Area of Concentration:
- Anthropology
Subjects
- Genre:
- bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, territorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Notes
- Abstract:
- In this thesis, I analyze the current state of public education in the
United States. I argue that heritage and food are both successful vehicles
for learning, and I question why no combination of this sort has been
offered to American pedagogy. I explain how I created a series of lesson
plans that use this “novel combination” with the intention of teaching
fourth grade students in a Florida public school about heritage and
preservation. I describe the difficulties that teachers and administration are
facing with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in bringing
creativity into the classroom. I analyze how standardized tests in the
United States are innately unfair, and examine how race creates and
perpetuates educational inequalities in the US.
I piloted my lesson plans at Fruitville Elementary School in
Sarasota, Florida. Overall, my project proved successful in that the
students were actively engaged and demonstrated new knowledge. There
is much more work yet to be done here. This thesis is not a finished
product, but rather a call for action.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- By Nicole A. Ouellette
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2014
- General Note:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- General Note:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- General Note:
- Faculty Sponsor: Baram, Uzi
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Resource Identifier:
- Classification:
- S.T. 2014 O9
- System ID:
- AA00024788:00001
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