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The Cultural Nature of Human Development

Name: The Cultural Nature of Human Development
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780195131338
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Contributors:

Barbara Rogoff

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Social Science, Psychology, Science

Book Subcategory:

Anthropology, Developmental, Life Sciences

Book Topic:

Cultural & Social, Evolution

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Release Date:

2003-02-13

ISBN 13:

9780195131338

Weight:

1.68 lbs

Size:

9.42 x 6.48 x 1.01 inches

Pages:

448

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Three-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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