The Everyday Lives of Young Children: Culture, Class, and Child Rearing in Diverse Societies Contributor(s): Tudge, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521148480 ISBN-13: 9780521148481 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers - General |
Dewey: 305.233 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 328 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is based on lengthy observations of three-year-olds in the United States, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Korea, Kenya, and Brazil. The focus is on how and where children spend their time, and who they are with, at an age when they are learning what it means to be a part of their culture. The book provides unique insight into variations in young children's lives in different societies and from different social class groups. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tudge, Jonathan: - Jonathan Tudge is a professor of human development and family studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and has been a Fulbright scholar and visiting professor at the Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and a visiting professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He completed his undergraduate and master's degrees in England, at Lancaster and Oxford respectively, and his Ph.D. in human development and family studies at Cornell University in the United States. Before becoming a professor, he worked as a teacher of young children in England, Russia and the United States. His research examines cultural-ecological aspects of young children's development both within and across a number of societies, particularly focusing on the years before and immediately following the entry to school. He has co-authored, with Michael Shanahan and Jaan Valsiner, another book published by Cambridge University Press, Comparisons in Human Development: Understanding Time and Context, has also co-edited a third book and has published more than 70 journal articles and book chapters. |