title: Learning by Observing, Pitching in, and Being in Relations in the Natural World.
abstract: This chapter describes a central tenet of Indigenous American social interaction, which emphasizes mutuality in collaboration and caring in Indigenous communities. This includes interactions with an agentive natural world, in which more-than-human beings act as participants in the lives of humans and vice versa. We argue that research on children's learning should take a broader view of interactional partners to include the natural world.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. Electronic address: mbang3@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Ananda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Medin
authors.affiliation: Menominee Nation, Menominee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Washinawatok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D065928:Forests; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D019368:Nature; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D000067570:Social Learning; D058992:Social Participation; D012945:Social Values; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Agency; Childhood; Cultural ecologies; Culture and learning; Human–nature relations; Indigenous education; LOPI; Observation; Relational epistemologies