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The Cultural Nature of Human Development

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Author: Barbara Rogoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1

ISBN: 0195131339
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.231
EAN: 9780195131338
ASIN: 0195131339

Publication Date: February 13, 2003
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Condition: LOTS OF HIGHLIGHTING IN SEVERAL COLORS--CLEAN BOOK WITH GOOD BINDING

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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?br 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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4 out of 5 stars

Culturally Complicated, But Brilliant February 5, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Rogoff's acclaimed concepts about how human development and culture naturally intertwine unfold in a highly intricate matter within this text. br /br /Like Jerome Bruner, her prose can overpopulate itself with too many techy terms for the average educator; however, if you can push through the woods of her thick style, you will uncover many truths about culture.br /br /As she puts forth, culture springs from the natural progression of social history and interaction. Each culture possesses its own scripts and nuances on what exists as "typical" development.br /br /I invite anyone to delve into her mind.

5 out of 5 stars

good insight September 26, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful

rogoff does well...very interesting research that has great depth. she brings very compelling information to the table.

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