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Cooperation in human teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Ann Cale Kruger
Ann Cale Kruger*
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Department of Educational Psychology, Special Education, and Communication Disorders, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-3979. ackruger@gsu.eduhttp://education.gsu.edu/profile/ann-cale-kruger/
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Abstract

Kline's evolutionary analysis of teaching provides welcome reframing for cross-species comparisons. However, theory based on competition cannot explain the transmission of human cultural elements that were collectively created. Humans evolved in a cultural niche and teaching-learning coevolved to transmit culture. To study human cultural variation in teaching, we need a more articulated theory of this distinctively human engagement.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e47
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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