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Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book illuminates play as a universal and culture-specific activity. It provides needed information about the behavior of children in diverse cultural contexts as well as about the play of children in unassimilated cultural or subcultural contexts. It offers readers the opportunity to develop greater sensitivity to and better understanding of…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Children, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Phinney, Jean S., Ed.; Rotheram, Mary Jane, Ed. – 1986
This book presents an integrated review of research on the issues related to children and ethnicity in pluralistic societies. It addresses such questions as: How do children respond to and deal with the differences among groups in both the observable characteristics and the less obvious values and norms? How do children come to understand the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Direct linkTrifonas, Peter – Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
This book looks at the implications of educational practices in communities that are differentiated by issues of language, culture, and technology. Trifonas argues that a "community" is at once a gathering of like-minded individuals in solidarity of purpose and conviction, and also a gathering that excludes others. The chapters in this…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Critical Theory
Goldstein, Brian A., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2004
With the increasing number of Spanish-English bilingual children in the U.S., both SLPs and researchers must understand speech and language developments in these children--and SLPs also need reliable assessment and intervention approaches for serving bilingual children with language disorders. This comprehensive text is one of the few to offer…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Spanish Speaking, English
Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., Ed.; Brown, Janet, Ed. – 1997
Little is known about the development and function of families in major Caribbean communities, an area composed of diverse ethnic and political groups, the majority of whom live on the edge of poverty. This edited book provides an interdisciplinary examination of Caribbean families, each chapter detailing studies dealing with family structures and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Cultural Differences
Goncu, Artin, Ed. – 1999
Stressing that children's development in diverse cultures follows different paths, this book describes children's development in its cultural context. 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 economic structure of the cultures and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Child Development, Children
Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed.; Kincheloe, Joe L., Ed. – 1998
Changing economic realities, coupled with children's access to information about the adult world, have drastically changed the social construction of childhood. Noting that education takes place in a variety of social sites including but not limited to school, this book examines the influence of commercial concerns on this cultural pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Change Strategies, Child Rearing
Valsiner, Jaan, Ed. – 1995
Using a comparative-cultural perspective, this collection of essays examines the co-constructivist nature of human development in culturally organized environments. The contributions also cover a large age span--infancy to adulthood. Chapters in part 1 cover two different directions in the study of early adult-infant interaction from a comparative…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children
Kamerman, Sheila B., Ed.; Hayes, Cheryl D., Ed. – 1982
The papers in this book investigate the current state of knowledge about how families, various formal and informal community institutions, the workplace, and the marketplace have adapted to changing patterns of labor force participation and related changes in family structure and with what consequences for children. The book is divided into three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Development, Child Rearing
Berry, Gordon L.; Asamen, Joy Keiko – 1993
Television now plays a major role in the socialization of children. Set within a multicultural context, this book identifies the social and cultural impact of television on the psychosocial development of children. The book also analyzes major media organizations and projects policies, practices and research directions for the future. Following an…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Download full textHayes, Cheryl D., Ed.; Kamerman, Sheila B., Ed. – 1983
This report, a continuation of "Families That Work: Children in a Changing World," presents six papers which examine the effects of working parents on the socialization and intellectual development of children. Data were obtained from approximately 75 sources which met the following criteria: information from two or more relevant domains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Development, Child Rearing
Singer, Dorothy G., Ed.; Singer, Jerome L., Ed. – 2001
This handbook analyzes effects on children of traditional media, such as television, film, and advertising; and new media, such as the Internet and video games. The chapters are: (1) "The History of Children's Use of Electronic Media" (Paik); (2) "Free Reading: Implications for Child Development" (Desmond); (3) "The Use of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Cable Television, Censorship
