Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title
Society for the Anthropology of Work Review
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Volume
33
Issue
2
Abstract
The goal of this study is to distill from a large body of literature on children learning crafts, such as pottery and weaving, the characteristics of apprenticeship as a distinct phenomenon. Currently apprenticeship is considered indistinguishable from other, more informal, means of skill transmission. From the literature survey, eleven attributes are identified as belonging to the archetypal apprenticeship. The analysis then advances to consider the genesis or raison d’etre for the apprenticeship. The argument is advanced that the apprenticeship is designed to simultaneously train novices in specific craft or trade skills while socializing them to join the social and cultural elite represented by master craftsmen. The article concludes by considering the role of apprenticeship in the evolution of schooling.
Recommended Citation
D.F. (2012) Apprenticeship: A survey and analysis of the ethnographic Record. Society for the Anthropology of Work Review. 33 (2)
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