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Wohlwend, Karen E. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2009
Young children often use actions rather than talk as they interact with objects and each other to strategically shape the social, material, and cultural environment. New dynamic research designs and methods are needed to capture the collaborative learning and social positioning achieved through children's non-verbal interactions. Mediated…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Young Children, Cultural Context, Nonverbal Communication
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Kelle, Helga – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2001
Analyzed the discourse of 9- to 12-year-olds on the subject of their development, creating an ethnographic account of the meaning of development in peer culture. The interviewed children distinguished a linear concept of development as both a natural process and a goal. Their discourse continually reconceptualized the relations between the sexes…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Cultural Context