106f. The Chore Curriculum

02/25/21 • 37 min

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This recording is the sixth part of a multi-part episode on Professor David Lancy's book The Anthropology of Childhood.

In this episode, we look at children learning through work, including questions such as:

When do children start doing chores? What is their attitude to them?
How does learning through chores tend to differ by gender?
How do young people learn crafts?
What are apprenticeships like? Why do they exist separately from the main body of craft learning?
How similar are any of these learning situations to school?
What ancient institutions might school have evolved from?

Enjoy the episode.

This recording is the sixth part of a multi-part episode on Professor David Lancy's book The Anthropology of Childhood.

In this episode, we look at children learning through work, including questions such as:

When do children start doing chores? What is their attitude to them?
How does learning through chores tend to differ by gender?
How do young people learn crafts?
What are apprenticeships like? Why do they exist separately from the main body of craft learning?
How similar are any of these learning situations to school?
What ancient institutions might school have evolved from?

Enjoy the episode.

This recording is the fifth part of a multi-part episode on Professor David Lancy's book The Anthropology of Childhood.

In this episode, we look at the nature and role of play in children's lives, including questions such as:

In societies without many material possessions, what do children play with? Are there any toys?
What kind of games do children play? How does this vary from culture to culture?
What commonalities are there in play behaviour between humans and other animals, and across human societies? Why do human societies, and animal species, vary in their play behaviour in the way they do?
In what way is play an evolutionary adaptation? What is the "purpose" of play, biologically speaking?
How do adult attitudes to play vary across cultures?
How does play influence children's development?
What implications are there for education more broadly?

Enjoy the episode.