A Kwakiutl village and school.
Series: Case studies in education and culture
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 132
Table of contents: title: Features of everyday life. Dress and appearance -- Housing -- The families -- Subsistence -- Activities and diet -- Health and safety -- Home life -- Children’s activities -- The annual economic cycle. Clam digging -- Springtime activities -- Logging -- Villagers as loggers -- Fishing -- Villagers as fishermen -- Augmenting resources -- Government subsidy -- Social activities of villagers. Formal social gatherings -- Drinking -- Sports events -- Travel -- Religious activities -- Band activities -- Social control -- The educational setting. The Residential School at Alert Bay -- History of formal education at Black Fish Village -- Indian education within the agency -- The Black Fish Indian Day School -- Parents and teachers. The educational achievement of village adults -- Attitudes toward education -- What villagers expect of a teacher -- Communication between parents and the teacher -- The behavior and perceptions of teachers -- The pupils and the classroom. Pupil attitudes toward school and teacher -- The classroom in motion -- Measures of classroom performance -- Village children as pupils : some case studies -- Epilogue -- In retrospect and prospect. A functional assessment of educational needs -- Cultural values in the cross-cultural classroom -- References.