Human Growth and Development / Unit 5 HGD 0633 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Learning by Observing and Pitching In
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The idea
Learning by observing and pitching in, described by Barbara Rogoff, is common in Indigenous communities of the Americas: children learn by joining real work.
In practice
A child learning to cook by watching, then helping with the family meal.
Where people slip
Rogoff contrasts it with the assembly-line instruction of most Westernized schools, where learning is separated from real work.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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