Part 1: Keen Attention and Learning Vid
Barbara Rogoff & Maricela Correa-Chavez
Observation in the scientific method, and learning.
UCSC: Some children are especially keen at observing surrounding events
Guatemalan Mayan children were twice as likely to pay attention to surrounding events. European children much less likely to pay attention.
- Mayan children more likely to learn
Similar pattern in Mexican children, and those with indiginous heritage - Expected to observe, even when not told to pay attention
This attention is a resource for learning
Part 2: Research Paper
Children’s Attention to Interactions Directed to Others: Guatemalan Mayan and European American Patterns
- Maricela Correa-Chavez and Barbara Rogoff - UCSC
third-party attention - attending events not addressed to oneself
- central to learning in communities with Indigenous Mesoamerican history
By age 3 they can keep a running tab of what and where their family members are doing?
Attention styles:
- Mayan toddlers and mothers showing attention to multiple events of interests
- European quickly alternating instead
Also:
- Ability to maintain engaged as an observer differed
- Could this be correlated to growing up with siblings/forced to shared attention?