Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 593-601Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0018157
Keywords
informal learning; observation; attention; Mexican; Indigenous
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- Division Of Research On Learning
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [1028017] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Children commonly observe and pitch in to ongoing activities in Indigenous communities of Mexico, according to ethnographic research. The present study examines the generality of this approach to learning by comparing its use among Mexican immigrants of two cultural backgrounds in the United States. Results showed more sustained attention to (and learning from) instruction directed to another person by 22 U.S. Mexican-heritage 6- to 11-year-old children whose families likely have experience with Indigenous practices (and limited involvement in Western schooling), compared with 16 U.S. Mexican-heritage children whose families have extensive involvement in Western schooling (aid related practices).
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