Teaching Anthropology: Links and Resources, Spring 2011

1. Teaching Anthropology

This is the blog of the journal Teaching Anthropology (TA) - a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the teaching of anthropology (www.teachinganthropology.org). Like the journal, the blog aims to foster a discipline-based discussion of teaching and learning at all levels, from schools to research training, in the UK and internationally. The blog also invites discussion on the articles published in the journal.
http://teaching-anthropology.blogspot.com/

2. Discover Anthropology: Teaching/Resources

These website pages of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) are devoted to teaching at pre-university level. They offer information about the A-Level in Anthropology and the International Baccalauréate Diploma; resources for teaching; and relevant links to professional organisations.
http://www.discoveranthropology.org.uk/resources.html
http://www.discoveranthropology.org.uk/career-paths/teaching.html?lang=

3. The Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Sociology, Anthropology, Politics (C-SAP).

The aim of C-SAP is to support teaching and learning and to improve the student learning experience in anthropology (as well as sociology and politics). They offer a variety of ways for staff and student involvement such as: mini-projects, events, workshops, and other activities. Their work is focused around interdisciplinary thematic areas. The website provides a summary of C-SAP's activities and links to project findings, publications, and other resources.
http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/thematic-areas

4. Anthropology and Education Quarterly

This journal is published quarterly by the American Council on Anthropology and Education.
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/cae/publications_aeq.html

5. Teaching Anthropology: Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges Notes

This Wiley journal is published on behalf of the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291941-4161

6. The Council on Anthropology and Education

This council is a section of the American Anthropological Association and their aim is to ‘advance scholarship on schooling in social and cultural contexts, and on human learning both inside and outside of schools.’
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/cae/cae-home.html

7. Internet Resources for Learning and Teaching Anthropology

This is a repository of anthropology learning and teaching resources available on the Internet. You can add your resources for indexing and evaluate the pages.
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/xiaoyu/majorweb.html

8. Teaching Anthropology

This is a discussion forum run by a Community College instructor teaching Anthropology at the undergraduate level. The blog includes reflections on teaching and learning experiences with various topics, innovative teaching techniques and numerous links to other relevant blogs and newsfeeds.
http://teachinganthropology.blogspot.com/

9. Open Anthropology Cooperative

This is an active group discussing various aspects of anthropology teaching. It offers discussions on tactics, strategies, and pedagogical theory.
http://openanthcoop.ning.com/group/teachinganthropology

10. Somatosphere: Science, Medicine and Anthropology

This is a collaborative weblog covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychiatry and bioethics. It also includes resources for teaching medical anthropology such as films and syllabi.
http://www.somatosphere.net/search/label/Teaching

11. Digital Anthropological Resources for Teaching (DART)

This JISC project has developed new digitized resources for the teaching of anthropology aiming to bring about meaningful and sustainable transformation of undergraduate education and professional practices in the field. 
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/dlitc/tla.aspx

The final report is available here: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/dlitc/dartfinalreport.pdf

12. Teaching Anthropology in an Education market. Anthropology and ‘Value-for-Money’ Education

This temporary network aims to improve pedagogical practice through discussion of financial issues that affect the teaching of anthropology.  It was set up by Jonathan Newman for his C-SAP funded project.
http://teachinganthropology.ning.com/

The project report is available here:
http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/media/com_projectlog/docs/08_PG_09.pdf