| Cultural Practices as Contexts for Development: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 67 Contributor(s): Goodnow, Jacqueline J. (Author), Kessel, Frank (Author), Cad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787999156 ISBN-13: 9780787999155 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1995 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: How can the concepts of culture and context be incorporated into acounts of development and research on development? This volume of New Directions for Child Development introduces approaches based on the notion of cultural practices; these are viewed as meaningful actions that occur routinely in everyday life, are widely shard by members of the group, and carry normative expectations about the way things should be done. To illustrate use of the concept, four of the chapters describe specific research studies, drawn from anthropology, psychology, and sociology. these are framed by a general introduction to the conept of cultural practices and a commentary on its connection to toher concepts, such as activity and activity systems. This is the 67th issue of the journal series "New Directions for Child Development." For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Peirodicals page. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - General |
| Dewey: 155.8 |
| Series: J-B CAD Single Issue Child & Adolescent Development |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.96" W x 9.16" (0.48 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How can the concepts of culture and context be incorporated into acounts of development and research on development? This volume of "New Directions for Child Development "introduces approaches based on the notion of cultural practices; these are viewed as meaningful actions that occur routinely in everyday life, are widely shard by members of the group, and carry normative expectations about the way things should be done. To illustrate use of the concept, four of the chapters describe specific research studies, drawn from anthropology, psychology, and sociology. these are framed by a general introduction to the conept of cultural practices and a commentary on its connection to toher concepts, such as activity and activity systems. This is the 67th issue of the journal series "New Directions for Child Development." |