Responsibility training is an essential component of child-rearing practices in several African
societies. To inculcate responsibility, caregivers allocate their children household duties and …

The recent growth of schooling and urban residence represents a major change to the
cultural context of child development across Africa. The aim of this article is to examine the …

By the 3rd year of life, young children engage in a variety of prosocial behaviors, including
helping others attain their goals (instrumental helping), responding to others' emotional …

We examined cross-cultural variation in children's learning-through-participation in
economic work in two forager societies; the Hadza of Tanzania and the BaYaka of the …

One fundamental value of the modern societies in which schools endogenously emerged is
self-orientation. This contrasts with the familistic collectivism that has been identified as …

Cultures of achievement among street children (n= 60), former street children (n= 63), and
school-going children (n= 60), all of whom share the Kilimanjaro culture of Tanzania, are …

tion providing feeding, shelter and educational programmes for street children, requested
the first author to undertake a study to ascertain realistic educational goals for children in the …

Research suggests learning-related behaviours, anxiety and attention may influence
academic performance. This research, however, has been limited to children from …

The indigenous communities in Africa, specifically Kenya, which is the focus of this article,
had their own well-developed motivational systems that positively enhanced teaching and …

This study assessed differences in fathers' roles and involvements in children's development
and learning in Tanzania. It compared fathers' socio-economic statuses and their …