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Direct linkStengelin, Roman; Hepach, Robert; Haun, Daniel B. M. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
From a young age, children in Western, industrialized societies overimitate others' actions. However, the underlying motivation and cultural specificity of this behavior have remained unclear. Here, 3- to 8-year-old children (N = 125) from two rural Namibian populations (Haillom and Ovambo) and one urban German population were tested in two…
Descriptors: Observation, Imitation, Young Children, Cultural Differences
Kanngiesser, Patricia; Rossano, Federico; Zeidler, Henriette; Haun, Daniel; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Ownership is a cornerstone of many human societies and can be understood as a cooperative arrangement, where individuals refrain from taking each other's property. Owners can thus trust others to respect their property even in their absence. We investigated this principle in 5- to 7-year-olds (N = 152) from 4 diverse societies. Children…
Descriptors: Young Children, Ownership, Social Differences, Cooperation
Download full textStrauss, Annaly M.; Bipath, Keshni – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: This article is based on a study that aimed at finding out how pre-primary teachers integrate directed play into literacy teaching and learning. Play is a platform through which young children acquire language. Aim: This study uses an action research approach to understand how guided play benefits incidental reading and expands…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition, Play
Taukeni, Simon George, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Globalization and shifting demographics have led to a call for an immediate change in education-based counseling. Future school counselors must be equipped with 21st century skills that are applicable across cultural boundaries and applied in a global context. "Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling" is a…
Descriptors: School Guidance, School Counseling, Cultural Differences, Student Needs
Haraseb, Victoria – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA) has been working to improve conditions for San communities since 1996. San communities in Namibia have an extremely high dropout rate compared to all other populations in the country, and one of WIMSA's most important areas of focus is education. Early Childhood Development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Dropout Rate, Young Children, Learning Processes
Daoutis, Christine A.; Franklin, Anna; Riddett, Amy; Clifford, Alexandra; Davies, Ian R. L. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
In adults, visual search for a colour target is facilitated if the target and distractors fall in different colour categories (e.g. Daoutis, Pilling, & Davies, in press). The present study explored category effects in children's colour search. The relationship between linguistic colour categories and perceptual categories was addressed by…
Descriptors: Color, Visual Perception, Young Children, Classification
Penn, Helen – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2008
This article discusses the complexities of aid-giving using the example of early childhood policies in Namibia. It supports a critical view of aid processes and of World Bank endeavours in particular. Using an analysis of the World Bank funded education sector-wide improvement plan (ETSIP) in Namibia and three Namibian local case studies, it shows…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Hayden, Jacqueline – Children & Society, 2006
This article reports on a recent study of HIV/AIDS which investigated the role of gender in the experiences of young children in one region of Namibia. The findings reveal that while gender is reported to shape school-age girls and boys' experiences of being infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in many African nations, gender was not an influential…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Young Children, Coping, Foreign Countries
Hayden, Jacqueline; Otaala, Barnabas – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2005
This paper describes a recent study conducted jointly by the authors in the Khomas Region of Namibia. The study developed and trialled research and documentation methods regarding very young children who had been infected or affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Because of the stigma attached to the disease, effective methods for assessing…
Descriptors: Young Children, Communicable Diseases, Childhood Needs, Childrens Rights
Peer reviewedLiddell, Christine – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1988
Observation of the social interaction and activity patterns of young children from two San (or Bushman) groups (Sekele and Kwengo) who lived with their families in identical settlements on the same military base revealed marked intergroup differences, especially in patterns of social interaction among girls. Discusses influences of cultural…
Descriptors: African Culture, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedO'Sullivan, Margo – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003
Examined the usefulness of various Western strategies to teach reading in an inservice program in Namibia designed to develop teachers' capacity to teach reading more effectively. Found that structured and bottom-up strategies were more effective than top-down strategies. Findings highlight the importance of using an eclectic approach to teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Culturally Relevant Education, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education
Smale, Jim, Ed. – Early Childhood Matters, 2001
This document consists of the three 2001 issues of The Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Early Childhood Matters," a periodical addressed to practitioners in the field of early childhood education and including information on projects funded by the foundation. Articles in the February 2001 edition focus on fathers and include: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Rights, Culturally Relevant Education
Bartlett, Kathy; Zimanyi, Louise – Coordinator's Notebook, 2001
Recognizing the need to identify the level, nature, and impact of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs on children and their families, this theme issue of "Coordinators' Notebook" seeks to complement and further the international efforts at collecting information on ECCD for use at national and international levels.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Child Development, Child Health
