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adults
advertising
birth
children
clothing and ornamentation
conflict management
cultural adaptation
death and burial
decision-making
economic system
festivities
food
gathering
gender roles
geography
gifts and reciprocity
God
heart issues
humour
leadership
learning
legal/justice system
life cycle
marriage
music
names
old people
performing arts
politics
pregnancy
property
punishment
relatives
religion
religious system/organizations
sexual relations
sin
social control/punishment
social demography
social organization
soul
spirit world
stories
taboo
toilet training
universe
visual arts
war
weaning
witchcraft
working
youth

blog 49

blog subject:

How do adults learn among your people group? How are children taught? Especially research how children are taught outside formal institutions and ways in which adults gain further knowledge and skills after leaving school. Also research religious educatio

 

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resource questions for blog research:

learning

What is the literacy rate?
What is the status of education among this people?
What kinds of media do they prefer: books, magazines, newspapers, leaflets, comics, radio, TV, tapes, drama, music, demonstrations, posters?
Is this a literate or an oral language only?
What problems are there regarding education?
Who is defined as "wise" and what defines this?
What are the recognised professions in the culture and how are these people trained?
How are people trained in skills?
How are people trained in the creative arts?
How are cultural forms and rituals passed on?
Is there any special training for children before puberty?
If an adult needs to know something, where does he/she go?
If an adult needs to master a particular skill, where does he/she go?
How are leaders developed?
Who is defined as "educated" and what defines this?
What were the indigenous forms of learning before schools were introduced?
Describe all informal learning processes in the culture (that is, not institution-based)
Is there any instruction bound up with the festival? Who gives the instruction?
How are the children taught?
How do people learn about their religion?
How do adults learn?
How are excellent teachers identified?
How are young people mentored?
Describe any indigenous education systems
How are excellent teachers developed?
Do they have any distinct kinds of humour?