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The Anthropology of Learning in Childhood
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2010
Summary
The Anthropology of Learning in Childhood offers a large, mural-like portrait of childhood across time, culture, species, and environment. Even a casual reading of the literature on childhood will persuade one that learning is a very important topic that commands the attention of tens of thousands of scholars and practitioners. Yet, anthropological research on children has exerted relatively little influence on this community. This book will change that. The book demonstrates that anthropologists studying childhood can offer a description and theoretically sophisticated account of children's learning and its role in their development, socialization, and enculturation. Further, it demonstrates the particular contribution that children's learning makes to the construction of society and culture as well as the role that culture-acquiring children play in human evolution. Chapters have been contributed in archaeology, primatology, biological and cultural anthropology, and cross-cultural psychology.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-1322-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7591-1324-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
484
Product type
Edited Book
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CONTENTS No access
FIGURES AND CREDITS No access
FOREWORD No access
CHAPTER ONE. PUTTING LEARNING IN CONTEXT No access
CHAPTER TWO. AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON LEARNING IN SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT No access
CHAPTER THREE. THE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF CHILDREN’S LEARNING AND SOCIALIZATION: A SHORT HISTORY No access
CHAPTER FOUR. PARENTAL ETHNOTHEORIES OF CHILDREN’S LEARNING No access
CHAPTER FIVE. LEARNING THROUGH OBSERVATION IN DAILY LIFE No access
CHAPTER SIX. WORK, PLAY, AND LEARNING No access
CHAPTER SEVEN. THE ROLE OF ADULTS IN CHILDREN’S LEARNING No access
CHAPTER EIGHT. LEARNING FROM OTHER CHILDREN No access
CHAPTER NINE. LEARNING IN SCHOOLS No access
CHAPTER TEN. LEARNING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE No access
CHAPTER ELEVEN. LEARNING MORALITY No access
CHAPTER TWELVE. LEARNING GENDER ROLES No access
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. SKILL LEARNING FOR SURVIVAL IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES No access
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. LEARNING THE ENVIRONMENT No access
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. LEARNING TO HUNT No access
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. LEARNING IN AND FROM THE PAST No access
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. LEARNING ON THE STREETS: PEER SOCIALIZATION IN ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTS No access
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. CHILDREN’S LEARNING IN NEW SETTINGS No access
INDEX No access Pages 465 - 478
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS No access Pages 479 - 484
