Children's Engagement in the World: Sociocultural Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780521587228 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 280 str.

Göncü, Artin

Opis

This volume describes children's development in their cultural contexts. It stresses the fact that the development of children in diverse cultures follows different paths, depending on specific developmental opportunities provided by their cultures. The book illustrates that the everyday work, school, and play activities provided for children vary from one culture to another depending on the social and economical structure of children's cultures, as well as adult beliefs about what sort of participation by children is valuable to secure optimal development. Thus, this volume proposes to study children's development and education within social as well as cultural contexts. The book's framework is a result of a synthesis of the most recent theoretical advances in cultural psychology. This volume draws heavily from cultural psychology, the cross-cultural tradition in developmental psychology, and the studies of Vygotsky.

Recenzje

"...a significant contribution to the field of cross-cultural developmental psychology. Goncu's text is a timely engrossing text and an invaluable addition to the bookshelves of researchers and graduate students in developmental psychology, educational psychology, early childhood education, and related fields..." Mary Bryson, Suzanne de Castell and Masaki Kobayashi; Mind, Culture, and Activity: An International Journal

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction: 1. Children's and researchers' engagement in the world Artin Goncu; Part II. Children's Engagement in the World: 2. Children's daily lives in a Mayan village: a case study of culturally constructed roles and activities Suzanne Gaskins; 3. Cultural heterogeneity: parental values and beliefs and their preschoolers' activities in the United States, South Korea, Russia and Estonia Jonathan Tudge, Diane Hogan, Soeun Lee, Peeter Tammeveski, Marika Meltsas, Natalya Kulakova, Irina Snezhkova and Sarah Putnam; Part III. Children's Engagement in Play: 4. Activity setting analysis: a model for examining role of culture in development Jo Ann M. Farver; 5. The pragmatics of caregiver-child pretending at home: understanding culturally specific socialization practices Wendy L. Haight; 6. Children's play as cultural activity Artin Goncu, Ute Tuermer, Jyoti Jain and Danielle Johnson; Part IV. Children's Engagement in Planning, Math and Literacy: 7. Everyday opportunities for the development of planning skills: sociocultural and family influences Mary Gauvain; 8. Supportive environments for cognitive development: illustrations from children's mathematical activities outside of school Steven R. Guberman; 9. Becoming literate in the borderlands Christine C. Pappas.