The Cultural Nature of Human DevelopmentThree-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the Efe community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with safety and some skill, although U.S. middle-class adults often do not trust young children with knives. What explains these marked differences in the capabilities of these children? Until recently, traditional understandings of human development held that a child's development is universal and that children have characteristics and skills that develop independently of cultural processes. Barbara Rogoff argues, however, that human development must be understood as a cultural process, not simply a biological or psychological one. Individuals develop as members of a community, and their development can only be fully understood by examining the practices and circumstances of their communities. |
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... Caregiving, Companion, and Socializing Roles Sibling Caregiving and Peer Relations The Community as Caregiver Children's Participation in or Segregation from Mature Community Activities Access to Mature ...
... Caregiving, Companion, and Socializing Roles Sibling Caregiving and Peer Relations The Community as Caregiver Children's Participation in or Segregation from Mature Community Activities Access to Mature ...
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... Caregiver versus Oriented to the Group 142 Dyadic versus Group Prototypes for Social Relations 144 Dyadic versus Multiparty Group Relations in Schooling 147 5 Developmental Transitions in Individuals' Roles in Their Communities 150 Age ...
... Caregiver versus Oriented to the Group 142 Dyadic versus Group Prototypes for Social Relations 144 Dyadic versus Multiparty Group Relations in Schooling 147 5 Developmental Transitions in Individuals' Roles in Their Communities 150 Age ...
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... caregivers of their younger siblings, and accomplished at social interaction. Although young children also have time ... caregiver for her baby cousin. 4 THE CULTURAL NATURE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
... caregivers of their younger siblings, and accomplished at social interaction. Although young children also have time ... caregiver for her baby cousin. 4 THE CULTURAL NATURE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
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Barbara Rogoff. (Guatemalan) girl is a skilled caregiver for her baby cousin. When do children's judgment and coordination allow them to handle sharp knives safely? Although U.S. middle-class adults often do not trust children below ...
Barbara Rogoff. (Guatemalan) girl is a skilled caregiver for her baby cousin. When do children's judgment and coordination allow them to handle sharp knives safely? Although U.S. middle-class adults often do not trust children below ...
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... caregiving practices with infants, the infant was readied for display. The Logoli mothers were very cooperative, picking up their infants and bringing them to the observer for inspection. Under such circumstances, observations would ...
... caregiving practices with infants, the infant was readied for display. The Logoli mothers were very cooperative, picking up their infants and bringing them to the observer for inspection. Under such circumstances, observations would ...
Contents
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3 Individuals Generations and Dynamic Cultural Communities | 63 |
4 Child Rearing in Families and Communities | 102 |
5 Developmental Transitions in Individuals Roles in Their Communities | 150 |
6 Interdependence and Autonomy | 194 |
7 Thinking with the Tools and Institutions of Culture | 236 |
8 Learning through Guided Participation in Cultural Endeavors | 282 |
9 Cultural Change and Relations among Communities | 327 |
References | 371 |
Credits | 413 |
Index | 415 |
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