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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.
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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