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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... contribute to the understanding of cultural patterns of human development by examining the regularities that make sense of differences and similarities in communities' practices and traditions. In referring to cultural processes, I want ...
... contribute to the understanding of cultural patterns of human development by examining the regularities that make sense of differences and similarities in communities' practices and traditions. In referring to cultural processes, I want ...
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... market to sell, thereby making a significant and valued contribution to the family income. (Watson-Gegeo, 1990, p. 87) (Guatemalan) girl is a skilled caregiver for her baby cousin. 4 THE CULTURAL NATURE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
... market to sell, thereby making a significant and valued contribution to the family income. (Watson-Gegeo, 1990, p. 87) (Guatemalan) girl is a skilled caregiver for her baby cousin. 4 THE CULTURAL NATURE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
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... contribute to a greater understanding of how culture matters in human development. What regularities can help us make sense of the cultural aspects of human development? To understand the processes that characterize the dynamic ...
... contribute to a greater understanding of how culture matters in human development. What regularities can help us make sense of the cultural aspects of human development? To understand the processes that characterize the dynamic ...
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... contribute to cultural processes? How do we approach understanding the relation among cultural communities and how cultural communities themselves transform? This section outlines what I call orienting concepts for understanding 10 THE ...
... contribute to cultural processes? How do we approach understanding the relation among cultural communities and how cultural communities themselves transform? This section outlines what I call orienting concepts for understanding 10 THE ...
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... contribute to human development. The overarching orienting concept for understanding cultural processes is my version of the sociocultural-historical perspective: Humans develop through their changing participation in the sociocultural ...
... contribute to human development. The overarching orienting concept for understanding cultural processes is my version of the sociocultural-historical perspective: Humans develop through their changing participation in the sociocultural ...
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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