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• Physical Description: 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Anchorage : Alaska Methodist University Press, 1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. [202]-206.

Formatted Contents Note:

Nunamiut of Anaktuvuk Pass: Setting -- People -- Subsistence -- Social activities -- Government -- World view -- Process of enculturation: New Nunamiut -- Infancy -- Early childhood: "The Little Kids" -- Later childhood: "The School Kids" -- Adolescence and young adulthood: "The High School Kids" -- Nunamiut adult -- Social control -- Old people -- Emerging role of the teacher: Village teachers -- Teacher roles 1957-1969 -- Socialization of the bush teacher -- Background -- State's role -- Role of visitors -- Villagers' role -- Child, the school, and the teacher: Physical plant -- Classroom routine -- Measures of school progress -- Teaching the Nunamiut -- Case studies -- Villagers, the school, and the teacher: Aspirations for children -- Attitudes toward teachers -- Teacher-Village interaction -- Impact of education on the Nunamiut: School as an agent of change -- Impact of the school -- Altering the educational stance: Meeting adult needs -- Meeting children's needs -- Meeting teacher needs.

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Subject:

Nunamiut Eskimos > Education.
Education > Alaska > Anaktuvuk Pass.
Eskimos > Education > Alaska > Case studies.
Inupiat
Tannik School, Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska.

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