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“Teaching is so WEIRD”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

David F. Lancy
David F. Lancy*
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Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322. david.lancy@usu.edu http://www.usu.edu/anthro/davidlancyspages/index.html
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Abstract

Direct active teaching by parents is largely absent in children's lives until the rise of WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized rich, democratic) society. However, as mothers become schooled and missionized – like Kline's Fijian subjects – they adopt “modern” parenting practices, including teaching. There is great variability, even within WEIRD society, of parental teaching, suggesting that teaching itself must be culturally transmitted.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e48
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