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Cognitive universals and cultural variation in teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Sidney Strauss ,
Margalit Ziv  and
Douglas Frye
Sidney Strauss
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and School of Education, Center for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda, Israel. sidneystrauss@yahoo.com School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Margalit Ziv
Affiliation:
Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education, Baqa-El-Gharbia, 3010000, Israel. margalit.ziv@gmail.com
Douglas Frye
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. dfrye@gse.upenn.edu
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Abstract

We address three issues: (1) There is a need for a comprehensive multidisciplinary understanding of teaching; (2) teaching is a natural cognitive ability for humans; and (3) there is a need to incorporate the mentalistic and cultural approaches to teaching. We suggest certain research studies that can help deepen our understanding of the cognition of teaching.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e67
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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