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African Early Childhood Development Curriculum and Pedagogy for Turkana Nomadic Pastoralist Communities of Kenya
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Ng'asike, John T. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Western conceptions of child development and the models of early education they engender predominantly shape services for young children in the first eight years of life all over Africa. This chapter brings a reconceptualist perspective to the critique of Kenya's continuing failure to ground early childhood programs and services in local cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, African Culture, Child Development
Routine and Ritual Elements in Family Mealtimes: Contexts for Child Well-Being and Family Identity
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Foley, Kimberly P.; Spagnola, Mary – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
This chapter focuses on how the routine elements of family mealtimes such as assigned tasks and the more emotional ritual aspects such as recognition of feelings are related to children's well-being and the creation of a family identity. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Well Being, Family Relationship, Emotional Development, Child Development
Family Socialization: New Moves and Next Steps
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Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
The areas considered in this chapter have to do with the aims of family socialization, the nature of influence, linking multiple sources of influence, and the range of families and contexts used as a basis for accounts of socialization. In each area, moving beyond restrictive assumptions opens up new ways of thinking and new research questions.
Descriptors: Socialization, Family Environment, Family Influence, Parent Influence