Affiliation:
1. Lise Meitner Research Group BirthRites, Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
2. Department of Anthropology University College London London UK
Abstract
AbstractTeaching is an important mechanism of social learning. In industrialized societies, 3‐year‐olds tend to teach through demonstrations and short commands, while 5‐year‐olds use more verbal communication and abstract explanations. However, it remains unclear whether this generalizes to other cultures. This study presents results from a peer teaching game with 55 Melanesian children (4.7–11.4 years, 24 female) conducted in Vanuatu in 2019. Up to age 8, most participants taught through a participatory approach, emphasizing learning‐by‐doing, demonstrations, and short commands (57.1% of children aged 4–6 and 57.9% of children aged 7–8). Contrary to Western findings, abstract verbal communication only became common in children aged 9–11 (63.6%), suggesting that the ontogeny of teaching is shaped by the socio‐cultural environment.
Funder
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Subject
Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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