Enculturation and

Acculturation
as Educational Processes
Christian F. Basco
M.Ed. Social Studies
Presenter
Content
Enculturation and Acculturation
 Meaning, Elements & Processes;
 Relation with the Construct of Culture;
 Significance to Education;
 Implications to Education.
Enculturation
Review of concept
Enculturation Anthropological

Socialization Sociological
1
“
Enculturation is the process through
which the individual acquires the
culture of his group, class, segment
or society (Spindler, 1968).
 2
“
No matter what the method by which the
individual receives the elements of culture
characteristics of his society, he is sure to
internalize most of them. This process is
called enculturation
(Linton, 1961).
“An individual is the yeast
in the cultural brew”
(Linton, 1961)
3
“
Enculturation is an ordered process of
psychosocial transmission and
transmutation
(Herskovits, 1964).
 Enculturation
◎ Behavioral and Interactional (Bidney,
1960);
◎ Internalization of Cultural elements
(Linton, 1961);
◎ Psychosocial process of transmission
and transmutation (Herskovits, 1964).
Enculturation
and the Processes
Involved
Goodman’s (1967)
Creative
Becoming
 Lifton’s (1968)

Protean Man
\ˈprō-tē-ən \
Riesman’s (1961)

Other-
directed
Significance to Education

“Creative Becoming”
Reflective
Critical
Novelty
Functional View of Education
Significance to Education

“Protean Man”
Self-process
Self-growth
Flexibility and consistency
Significance to Education

“Other-directed”
Approval and direction
Sensitivity
What is best?
Acculturation
Review of concept
 “
Acculturation is a process by which a
certain integrating culture imposes the
members of a less influential culture
(Mariş, 2019).
Acculturation is
colonization in
nature
 Processes of
Acculturation
 Reinterpretation
Assuming the features of the
dominating culture in public
space, keeping its cultural
landmark in private space.
 Synthesis
Trying new models of thinking
and sensitivity, innovating with
one or the other of the cultures
in contact.
 Syncretism
The emergence of new culture.
Very heterogeneous compared to
the previous cultures that caused
it.
 Assimilation
Excessive way of transforming
the previous value and
behavioural model.
With risk on degenerating or
even into depersonalization.
 Anti-Acculturation
The process of brutally rejecting
a culture that is disappearing.
 Types of
Acculturation
(Mariş, 2019)
Assimilation
Total abandonment of cultural identity
Integration
Preservation of certain part of cultural
specificity
Segregation
Individual’s desire to preserve identity
Or
Refusal/rejection by integrating
society
Marginalization
Symbolically rejects social target
 Enculturation

Implications to Educational Processes

 Acculturation

Implications to Educational Processes

 Thanks!

Any questions?
You can find me at cfbasco@up.edu.ph
christianfbasco050819@gmail.com
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