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@article{item_3513636,
title = {{Development of teaching in ni-Vanuatu children}},
author = {Brandl, Eva and Emmott, Emily H. and Mace, Ruth},
language = {eng},
issn = {0009-3920},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13946},
publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Limited},
year = {2023},
date = {2023},
abstract = {{Teaching is an important mechanism of social learning. In industrialized societies, 3-year-olds tend to teach through demonstrations and short commands, while 5-year-olds use more verbal communication and abstract explanations. However, it remains unclear whether this generalizes to other cultures. This study presents results from a peer teaching game with 55 Melanesian children (4.7{\textendash}11.4 years, 24 female) conducted in Vanuatu in 2019. Up to age 8, most participants taught through a participatory approach, emphasizing learning-by-doing, demonstrations, and short commands (57.1{\textpercent} of children aged 4{\textendash}6 and 57.9{\textpercent} of children aged 7{\textendash}8). Contrary to Western findings, abstract verbal communication only became common in children aged 9{\textendash}11 (63.6{\textpercent}), suggesting that the ontogeny of teaching is shaped by the socio-cultural environment.}},
journal = {{Child Development}},
volume = {94},
number = {6},
pages = {1713--1729},
}