Teaching Resources

Books on Teaching

Bender, S.J. and G. S. Smith (eds).
2000 Teaching Archaeology in the Twenty-first Century. Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology.

Bohannon, Paul
1992 Discovering the Alien: A Workbook in Cultural Anthropology. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc. Conkey, Margaret W. and Ruth E. Tringham
1996 Cultivating thinking/challenging authority: some experiments in feminist pedagogy in archaeology. In Gender and
Archaeology, edited by Rita P. Wright, pp. 224-250. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks, call number: GN 799.W66.G45).

Kottak, Conrad, Jane White, Richard Furlow, and Patricia Rice (eds.)
1997 Teaching Anthropology: Issues, Problems, and Decisions. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.

Mandelbaum, David G., Gabriel Lasker, and Ethel Albert (eds.)
1963 Resources for the Teaching of Anthropology. Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association, Memoir 94. (VU Central Library Stacks, call number: Z511.M3).

Rainbird, Paul and Yannis Hamilakis (eds.)
2001 Interrogating Pedagogies: Archaeology in Higher Education. Oxford: Archaeopress. (VU Central Library-3^rd
Floor/Oversize, call number: CC 97.G7 L36)

Rice, Patricia C. and David W. McCurdy (eds.)
2002 Strategies in Teaching Anthropology, 2^nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (VU Central Library Stacks, call number: GN 42. S773).

Romanowicz, Janet V. and Rita P. Wright (book chapter)
1996 Gendered perspectives in the classroom. In Gender and Archaeology, edited by Rita P. Wright,
pp. 199-223. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (VU Central Library Stacks, call number:
GN 799.W66.G45).

Stone, Peter and Robert MacKenzie
1990 The Excluded Past: Archaeology in Education. London: Unwin and Hyman.

 

Journal Articles on Teaching

Aitchison, Kenneth
2004 Supply, demand and a failure of understanding: addressing the culture clash between archaeologists' expectations
for training and employment in "academia" versus "practice." World Archaeology 36(2): 203-219.

Barnes, Nancy
1992 The Fabric of a Student's Life and Thought: Practicing Cultural Anthropology in the Classroom. Anthropology and
Education Quarterly 23(2): 145-159.

Bird, S. Elizabeth and Jonathan P. Godwin
2006 Film in the Undergraduate Anthropology Classroom: Applying Audience Response Research in Pedagogical
Practice. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 37(3): 285-299.

Blum, Denise
2006 Expanding the Dialogue: A Response to Bird and Godwin's "Film in the Undergraduate Anthropology
Classroom." Anthropology and Education Quarterly 37(3): 300-306.

Bonner, Jeffrey P.
1985 Museums in the Classroom and Classrooms in the Museum. Anthropology a nd Education Quarterly 16(4): 288-293.

Bonney, Rachel
1985 Teaching Anthropology through Folklore. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 265-270.

Chilcott, John H. and James J. Deetz
1964 The Construction and Uses of a Laboratory Archaeology Site. American Antiquity 29(3): 328-337.

Clarke, Catherine
2004 The politics of storytelling: electronic media in archaeological interpretation and education. World Archaeology
36(2): 275-286.

Coleman, Simon
2002 The New Higher Education? Learning and Teaching in a Knowledge Society. Anthropology Today 18(3): 26.

Coleman, Simon and Bob Simpson
1999 Unintended Consequences? Anthropology, pedagogy and personhood. Anthropology Today 15(6): 3-6.
2001 Anthropology Inside Out: Identity and Agency in the Reproduction of a Discipline. Anthropology in Action 8(1): 1-5.

Colley, Sarah
2003 Lessons for the profession: teaching archaeological practical work skills to University students. Australian
Archaeology 57: 90-97.
2004 University-based archaeology teaching and learning and professionalism in Australia. World Archaeology
36(2): 189-202.

Davis, M. Elaine
2000 Archaeology education and the political landscape of American schools. Antiquity 74(283): 194-198.

Davis, Richard
1994 Coming to terms with Madang's Death: Watching and experience in Anthropological teaching. Canberra
Anthropology 17(2): 97-102.

de Roche, Constance P. and John E. de Roche
1990 As I Say, as I Do : Teaching Reflexivity through a Reflexive Subject. Anthropology and Education Quarterly
21(2): 128-133.

Dobbert, Marion L.
1972 Teaching Undergraduate Anthropology: Problems, Solutions and Experiments. Council on Anthropology and
Education Newsletter 3(1):14-17.

Donahue, Jack and James M. Adovasio
1985 Teaching Geoarchaeology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 306-310.

Erickson, Paul A. and Patricia C. Rice
1990 Introduction: Themes for the 1990's. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 101-105.

Fagan, Brian
2000 Education is what's left: some thoughts on introductory archaeology. Antiquity 74(283): 190-194.

Farrer, Claire R.
1990 Honors Anthropology and the Four Rs. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 134-140.

Gifford, Carol A. and Elizabeth A. Morris
1985 Digging for credit: early archaeological field schools in the American Southwest. American Antiquity 50(2): 395-411.

Hamilakis, Yanis
2004 Archaeology and the politics of pedagogy. World Archaeology 36(2): 287-309.

Higgins, Patricia J.
1985 Review Essay: Teaching Undergraduate Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 32(2): 318-331.
2000 Comment on "Teaching Anthropology through Performance." Anthropology and Education Quarterly 32(2): 254.

Lanouette, JoAnne
1985 Review Essay: High School Anthropology Texts: Sound the Alarm! Anthropology and Education Quarterly
16(4): 331-336.

Lapoint, Elwyn C.
1990 Cultural Content in Introductory Linguistics. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 153-159.

Malone, Caroline, Peter Stone and Mary Baxter
2000 Education in archaeology. Antiquity 74(283): 122-126.

Mazur-Stommen, Susan
2006 Optimal Foraging Theory and the Racecar Driver: The Impact of Student-Centered Learning on Anthropological
Pedagogy. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 37(3): 273-284.

Nanda, Serena
1985 Active Learning in the Introductory Cultural Anthropology Course. Anthropology and Education Quarterly
16(4): 271-275.

Nash, Dennison
1990 Adapting in M.B.A.-Land. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 173-178.

Newman, Stanley M.
1990 Teaching Anthropology to "Nonelite" Students: A Beginning Discussion. Anthropology and Education Quarterly
21(2): 141-145.

Pedelty, Mark
2001 Teaching Anthropology through Performance. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 32(2): 244-253.

Perry, Jennifer E.
2004 Authentic learning in field schools: preparing future members of the archaeological community. World Archaeology
36(2): 236-260.

Peterson, Earl
1990 Helping TA's Teach Holistically. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 179-185.

Plotnicov, Earl
1985 Introducing Contemporary Anthropology: A Team-Taught Course for Large Classes. Anthropology and Education
Quarterly (16(4): 256-260.

Podelofsky, Aaron
1985 A Simple Simulation for Sociocultural Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 261-265.

Rice, Patricia C.
1985a Introduction to the Special Issue on Teaching Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 250.
1985b Adventures in The Scientific Method (TSM). Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 276-279.
1985c Ethno-Improvisation: A Technique for Teaching Cultural Emotions. Anthropology and Education Quarterly
16(4): 280-287.
1985d The Study of Small Groups and Microevolution: A Project for Physical Anthropology. Anthropology and Education
Quarterly 16(4): 294-301.
1985e Using a Simulated Site to Teach Data Analysis in Archaeology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly
16(4): 301-305.
1990 Introductory Archaeology: The Inexpensive Laboratory. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 167-172.

Robbins, Richard H. and Philip De Vita
1985 Anthropology and the Teaching of Human Values. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 251-256.

Seaford, H. Wade
1990 Addressing the Creationist Challenge. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 160-166.

Segal, Edwin S.
1990 The Journal: Teaching Reflexive Methodology on an Introductory Level. Anthropology and Education Quarterly
21(2): 121-127.

Simpson, Bob and Simon Coleman
2002 Effective Ethics and the Effects of Ethics in Anthropological Research, Teaching and Learning. Anthropology in Action 9(3): 2-4.

Smith, Courtland L.
1985 Two Bits on Computer-Aided Learning in Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 16(4): 311-317.

Smith, G. S. and S. J. Bender
2000 The Society for American Archaeology's "Teaching archaeology in the 21^st century" initiative. Antiquity
74(283): 186-189.

Smith, J. Jerome
1990 Pasteboard Ethnography: Qualitative Fieldwork Projects in Card-Game Settings. Anthropology and Education
Quarterly 16(4): 146-152.

Spindler, George and Louise Spindler
1990 The Inductive Case Study Approach to Teaching Anthropology. Anthropology and Education Quarterly 21(2): 106-112.

Taylor, Robert B.
1990 A Modified Personalized Instruction Method of Teaching Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Anthropology and
Education Quarterly 21(2): 113-120.

Turnbaugh, W.A.
1976 An on-campus alternative to the archaeological field school. American Antiquity 41(2): 208-211.