Human teaching and learning involve cultural communities, not just individuals. (8th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rogoff, Barbara
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 38(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-06-08
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14000818
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Cultural accounts of how people facilitate learning extend beyond the five types of teaching outlined by Kline's target article. Rather than focusing so exclusively on individual teaching, cultural accounts examine the mutually constituting efforts of individuals who are teaching, together with those who are learning. Further, cultural research emphasizes the community contexts of people's arrangements for learning and their teaching/learning interactions.