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A New Guinea childhood: from weaning till the eighth year in Wogeo
Oceania • 16 (4) • Published In 1946 • Pages: 275-296 , plate
By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.
Abstract
This article describes the play activities and educational process of the Wogeo child from the third to the eighth year. Theory of childhood training and methods of inculcation, particularly that of the transmission of skill and social norms are presented systematically. The author indicates that the concept of "conscience" is absent among the Wogeo, and that in moral training utilitarian values are stressed rather than ethical precepts.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2014
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1934
- Coverage Date
- 1934
- Coverage Place
- Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- By H. Ian Hogbin
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 38017490
- LCSH
- Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)