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.