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Amy Dexter

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UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student
   University of California, Santa Cruz

 
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I am a CILS doctoral student interested in
studying the cultural nature of learning across formal and informal
contexts. I work with Barbara Rogoff studying the ways children
organize their participation in informal learning activity. We have
explored learning through intent participation in several communities
in the United States and in Mexico. I am interested in examining
cultural variation in children's learning with the expectation that a
better understanding of children's learning may be used to inform
education.



 
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Children's development of cultural repertoires through participation in everyday routines and practices
type: book section
Authors: Barbara Rogoff, Leslie Moore, Behnosh Najafi, Amy Dexter, Maricela Correa-Chavez, Jocelyn Solis


Cultural Variation in Children’s Social Organization
type: journal article
Authors: Mejia Arauz, Barbara Rogoff, Amy Dexter, Behnosh Najafi

This article examines how 31 triads of 6- to 10-year-old children from 3 cultural backgrounds organized their interactions while folding Origami figures. Triads of children whose families had immigrated to the United States from indigenous heritage regions of México (and whose mothers averaged only 7 grades of schooling) coordinated more often as an ensemble, whereas triads of European heritage U.S. children whose mothers had extensive schooling more often engaged dyadically or individually. When the European heritage children did engage as an ensemble, this often involved chatting rather than nonverbal conversation regarding folding, which was more common among the Mexican heritage children. Mexican heritage U.S. triads whose mothers had extensive schooling showed an intermediate pattern or resembled the European heritage children.



Parent influence on children's participation in learning activities at informal science institutions
type: study
Author: Amy Dexter

This study compares the collaboration and participation of children from families with differing levels of education in a social learning activity in informal settings. Findings of this study would have implications for enhancing classroom participation.


 
 
This profile was last updated on October 18, 2006, at 1:44 pm.
 
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