ABSTRACT

Yucatec Maya theory of learning may be thought of as Learning by Observing and Pitching In to family and community endeavours. Children learn everyday and specialized tasks by observing and pitching in. This mode of learning is embedded in children’s developmental niche in which parental ethnotheories play the central role. I present results from a study of children’s process of learning to become vernacular architects as they participate in building the boxes that make up the bullring for the village fiesta. Ninety-two expert adults were interviewed and direct observations were made during the building process. Results show that children accompany their fathers from an early age and observe and pitch in until they become experts. In order to learn, children need to have the will to like the task. Having the will depends on their destiny. Only those who have the will become responsible experts. Fathers encourage their children to accompany them to help their will to emerge. The developmental niche is organized to incorporate children into the building process to learn by observing and contributing.

摘要

Yucatec Maya 的学习理论可以被认为是通过观察和参与家庭和社区活动来学习。孩子们通过观察和参与来学习日常和专门的任务。这种学习模式植根于儿童的发展生态位，其中父母的民族理论发挥着核心作用。我展示了一项关于儿童学习成为当地建筑师的过程的研究结果，因为他们参与建造构成乡村嘉年华斗牛场的盒子。在建造过程中采访了 92 名成人专家并进行了直接观察。结果表明，孩子们从小就陪伴他们的父亲，观察和投入，直到他们成为专家。为了学习，孩子们需要有喜欢这项任务的意愿。有没有意志取决于他们的命运。只有那些有意愿的人才会成为负责任的专家。父亲鼓励他们的孩子陪伴他们，以帮助他们的意志出现。发展利基的组织旨在将儿童纳入构建过程，通过观察和贡献来学习。