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[xmca] FW: ScienceDaily: Animals talk, sing and act like humans? Young children's reasoning about biological world is influenced by cultural beliefs
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- Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 07:33:00 -0700
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Hi All, This is probably not much of an a-ha for us, but it's nice to
see the cognitive folks catching up and it's nice to have the research.
~em
Animals talk, sing and act like humans? Young children's reasoning about
biological world is influenced by cultural beliefs
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100510132203.htm
For decades, the consensus was that as young children begin reasoning
about the biological world, they adopt an "anthropocentric" stance,
favoring humans over non-human animals when it comes to learning about
properties of animals. Researchers and educators recently teamed up to
determine whether this human-centered reasoning is universal. They
discovered children's reasoning about the biological world is influenced
by cultural beliefs and daily experiences with nature.
Emily Duvall, PhD
Assistant Professor Curriculum & Instruction
University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
1031 North Academic Way, Suite 242 | Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
T 208 292 2512 | F 208 667 5275 emily@uidaho.edu | www.cda.uidaho.edu
He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by
storm.
-- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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