Children Learn by Observing and Contributing to Family and Community Endeavors

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Front Cover; Children Learn by Observing and Contributing to Family and Community Endeavors: A Cultural Paradigm; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter One: A Cultural Paradigm-Learning by Observing and Pitching In; 1. Introduction; 2. What Are Key Features of Learning by Observing and Pitching In?; 3. The Chapters of This Volume Deepen Understanding of LOPIs Facets 1-6; 4. Facet 7. Assessment; 4.1. Known-Answer Quizzing in School Lessons and Evaluation; 4.2. Known-Answer Quizzing or Supportive Guidance with Toddlers; 4.3. Meeting Up with Tests; 5. The Power of Paradigms. 5.1. Paradigm Shifts by Individuals5.2. Paradigm Shifts by Institutions; 5.3. Learning to Navigate Several Paradigms; Acknowledgments; References; Section I: Children Observing And Pitching In; Chapter Two: Collaborative Work or Individual Chores: The Role of Family Social Organization in Childrenś Learning to Co ... ; 1. Introduction; 2. Cultural Variations in Child Collaboration at Home and in Community Endeavors; 3. Family Activities in Cherán and Guadalajara; 4. Collaboration in Family Work Among the Purhépecha Families from Cherán; 5. Cosmopolitan Childrenś Involvement in Work at Home. 6. Initiative, Autonomy, and Learning in Collaboration7. Generating Collaboration, Initiative, and Considerateness by Working Together; 7.1. Co-Laborating and Developing Consideration for Others; 8. Chores as an Individual Responsibility; 9. Parents Conceptions of How Collaboration in Work Is Part of Education and Development; 10. When School Ways Replace LOPI, Important Skills and Values Are Lost; 11. Family Social Organization for Childrenś Development Through Co-Laboration; Acknowledgments; References. Chapter Three: Childrenś Everyday Learning by Assuming Responsibility for Others: Indigenous Practices as a Cultural Her ... 1. Introduction; 2. The Cultural Value System of Cuidado or Assuming Responsibility; 3. Generational Changes and Cultural Continuity in the Community of San Jerónimo Amanalco; 4. Continuity Across Two Generations: Children, Nahua Age Groups, and Cuidado Practices; 5. Four Settings for Practices Where the Value of Stewardship is Learned and Responsibility for Others Is Assumed: A Pers ... ; 5.1. Stewardship of the Milpa, or Cornfield. 5.2. The Raising, Fostering, and Protection of Domestic Animals5.3. The Indigenous Practices of Stewardship Related to Bodily Health and Balance; 5.4. Participation in Family Ceremonial Life: Assuming Responsibility for the Souls of the Departed in the Day of the Dea ... ; 6. Conclusions; 6.1. Social Organization of Stewardship Practices, and Its Relation with the Tradition of Learning by Observing and Pitch ... ; 6.2. Continuities in a Context of Change: Learning and the Value of Stewardship in the Face of Increased Formal Schooling ... ; Acknowledgments; References