Education 60 - Learning and Education Across Cultures

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Dartmouth College

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09S: 2 The idea that learning and development are universal is challenged through detailed examination of the role that culture plays in these processes, including study of cross-cultural accounts of learning, intelligence, competence, and socialization. We examine how culture and biology interact to structure learning and development in different cultural populations. International comparisons of literacy, mathematics, and science achievement are reviewed. How classrooms and teaching differ across cultures and how learning occurs in informal and culturally-specific contexts are examined. Whether "culture" is uniquely human, and the ways that the evolution of culture may have shaped uniquely human learning processes are also explored.Open to all classes. Dist: SOC. Nelson.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.dartmouth.edu

Phone Number:

(603) 646-1110

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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