Unpackaging Cultural Effects on Classroom Learning: Native Hawaiian Peer Assistance and Child-Generated Activity.

Weisner, Thomas S.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ381257

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Publication Date: 1988

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Unpackaging Cultural Effects on Classroom Learning: Native Hawaiian Peer Assistance and Child-Generated Activity.

Weisner, Thomas S.; And Others

Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v19 n4 p327-53 Dec 1988

Presents the results of observation and interview studies of sibling caretaking and peer assistance in Native Hawaiian contexts, and compares these activities in natal and school activity settings. Classrooms should be accommodated to selected features of natal culture activity settings. (Author/BJV)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Hawaiians, Minority Group Children, Parent Attitudes, Peer Influence, Siblings

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hawaii

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