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Heller, Rafael – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Kappan editor Rafael Heller interviews Annette Lareau about her research into different experiences of childhood and family life. In her observations of families of different social classes, she learned that upper-middle-class families approach parenting as an act of "concerted cultivation" requiring ongoing attention, making them more…
Descriptors: Child Development, Family Life, Interviews, Social Class
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Rudolph, Norma – Journal of Pedagogy, 2017
Policy for young children in South Africa is now receiving high-level government support through the ANC's renewed commitment to redress poverty and inequity and creating "a better life for all" as promised before the 1994 election. In this article, I explore the power relations, knowledge hierarchies and discourses of childhood, family…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Indigenous Knowledge, African Culture
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Sullivan, Patrick – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2005
Traditional American cultural narratives about hard work, self-improvement, and "success"--moving from "rags to riches"--play a very important role in shaping the thinking of most college students, and most other Americans too, of course, regardless of age, class, ethnicity, or gender. This article presents several narratives that will help shape…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Success
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Brazelton, T. Berry – Child Development, 1990
Presents an account of the development and use of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). Discusses ways in which NBAS has increased understanding of development in the newborn, of states of consciousness in the infant, of prediction in development, and of a clinician's opportunities to share information with parents. (BC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Feedback, Infant Behavior