The origins of pedagogy: Developmental and evolutionary perspectives

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 550-572

  Skerry, Amy E ^a   Lambert, Enoch ^a   Powell, Lindsey J ^a   Mcauliffe, Katherine ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative cognition; Pedagogy; Social learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881231028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491301100306     Document Type: Article

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