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The goal of learning is transformation of participation to contribute and belong in the community. Such transformation involves learning to collaborate with consideration and responsibility, as well as learning information and skills.

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Alcalá, L., Rogoff, B., Mejía-Arauz. R., & Coppens, A.D., & Roberts, A. D. (2014). Children’s initiative in contributions to family work in Indigenous-heritage and Cosmopolitan communities in México [Iniciativa en las contribuciones al trabajo del hogar de niños en comunidades de herencia Indígena y cosmopolita en México]. Human Development, 57(2-3), 96-115.

Coppens, A. D., Alcalá, L., Mejía-Arauz, R., & Rogoff, B. (2014). Children's initiative in family household work in México. [La iniciativa de niños Mexicanos en el trabajo familiar cotidiano.] Human Development, 57(2-3), 116-130.

López, A., Rogoff, B., Nafaji, B., Mejía-Arauz, R. (2012). Collaboration and helpfulness as cultural practices [Colaboración y acomedirse como practicas culturales]. In J. Valsiner (Ed.), Handbook of Cultural Psychology. (pp. 869-884). NY: Oxford University Press.

Paradise, R., & De Haan, M. (2009). Responsibility and reciprocity: Social organization of Mazahua learning practices [Responsabilidad y reciprocidad: Organización social Mazahua en practicas de aprendizaje]. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 40(2), 187-204.

Mejia Arauz, R., Rogoff, B., Dexter, A. D. L., & Najafi, B. (2007). Cultural variation in children’s social organization. Child Development, 78, 1001-1014.

Lorente y Fernández, D. (2006). “Infancia Nahua y transmisión de la cosmovisión: los ahuaques o espíritus pluviales en la Sierra de Texcoco (México)”[Nahua childhood and the transmission of the cosmovision: the ahuaques or pluvial spirits in the highlands of Texcoco (Mexico)], Boletín de Antropología Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 20 (37), pp. 152-168.

Orellana, M. F. (2003). Responsibilities of children in Latino immigrant homes [Responsabilidades de los niños en hogares Latinos migrantes]. New Directions for Youth Development: Understanding the Social Worlds of Immigrant Youth, 100, 25-39.

Corona,Y. (2001). La transmisión y reinterpretación de la leyenda y el ritual del Tepozteco en niños de Tepoztlán, Morelos [The transmission and reinterpretation of the legend and ritual of the Tepozteco by children of Tepoztlán, Morelos]. ANUARIO 2000 • UAM-X. 55-70.

Rogoff, B., Goodman Turkanis, C., & Bartlett, L. (2001). Learning together: Children and adults in a school community [Aprendiendo juntos: Niños y adultos en una comunidad escolar]. New York: Oxford University Press.

Gaskins, S. (2000). Children’s daily activities in a Mayan village: A culturally grounded description [Las actividades diarias de niños en un pueblo Maya]. Cross-Cultural Research, 34, 375-389.

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