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American Indian Education: A Rite that Fails 1
Author(s) -
Riner Reed D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1979.10.4.05x1386h
Subject(s) - navajo , rite of passage , rite , attrition , sociology , dropout (neural networks) , intervention (counseling) , social psychology , psychology , gender studies , anthropology , political science , law , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , dentistry , machine learning , psychiatry , computer science
Comprehensive analysis of attitudes toward formal education among teachers, American Indian parents and students in six High Plains communities reveals eight household types and associated attitude sets. Schooling, considered as a rite of passage, provides differential reinforcement to these attitude sets resulting in attitude erosion and high dropout rates among students and high teacher attrition. System models are used to identify optimum intervention points and strategies. AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION, NATIONAL STUDY OF(NSAIE) 1968‐69; BLACKFEET; NAVAJO; SIOUX; HOUSEHOLD TYPES AND ATTITUDES