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Hedegaard, Mariane – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2009
A central dilemma in developmental psychology has been to combine general concepts with research of the individual child in all her complexity in everyday life activities. Psychologists such as Riegel, Bronfenbrenner, Burman, Morss, Hedegaard, and Walkerdine have criticized research approaches that study child development from a functional view.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Activities, Proximity, Immigrants
Van Herreweghe, M. L., Ed. – 1979
This collection of 24 articles explores how educational research, programs and policies in several countries are related to the issue of children's rights. Several of the collected articles focus on aspects of children's experience and development. Group membership, children's right to happiness, the development of an optimistic outlook among…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Civil Liberties, Educational Experience
Myers, Robert G. – 1992
This paper presents a general rationale for investing in early childhood development (ECD) in Latin America that derives from scientific evidence about the importance of the early years in the formation of intelligence, personality, and social behavior. This rationale argues that the economic returns of ECD programs can be quite high (through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare