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Marginality, Cultural Brokerage, and School Aides: A Success Story in Education
Author(s) -
Weiss Melford S.
Publication year - 1994
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.1994.25.3.04x0148r
Subject(s) - sociology , pedagogy , process (computing) , public education , educational anthropology , social science , public relations , educational research , political science , public administration , computer science , operating system
This article will relate one of our more insightful interdisciplinary concepts—the marginal individual as cultural broker—to the world of public schooling and, in the process, allow us to better comprehend the contributions of a much maligned and misunderstood educational employee, the school aide.