SOC 515 - The Mind in Context: Learning, Schooling and Culture

How does the human mind work? What makes it unique? How is what we know and how we think influenced by the process of schooling and the cultures we live in? To address these questions, we will reflect on and discuss the underlying issue of mind in context from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives, including psychology, anthropology, linguistics, and sociology. We will read, debate, and reflect on primary texts in these disciplines as we contemplate the form and content of thinking, as well as the ways in which culture and schooling play a role in shaping both the knower and what is known.

Credits: 3