Economic and technological changes mean that children’s learning styles, specific to industrialised societies, may spread worldwide.
Mary GauvainJanuary 2020
About the author:
I am interested in how social and cultural experience contribute to the development of thinking. I have done research on children’s learning in- and outside of school, understanding of water and food contamination in Sub-Saharan Africa, and cognitive development during cultural change.
What I want to achieve:
The purpose of my research and teaching is to help others understand the complexity and wonder of children’s thinking. I also aim to increase appreciation of the important role that other people and cultural experience play in the development of human thinking.
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