Children's Engagement in the World

Herausgeber: Goncu, Artin; G. Nc, Artin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines children's development and education within a social and cultural context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780521587228
• ISBN-10: 0521587220
• Artikelnr.: 29425691

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Children's and researchers' engagement in the
world Artin Goncu; Part II. Children's Engagement in the World: 2.
Children's daily lives in a Mayan village: a case study of culturally
constructed roles and activities Suzanne Gaskins; 3. Cultural
heterogeneity: parental values and beliefs and their preschoolers'
activities in the United States, South Korea, Russia and Estonia Jonathan
Tudge, Diane Hogan, Soeun Lee, Peeter Tammeveski, Marika Meltsas, Natalya
Kulakova, Irina Snezhkova and Sarah Putnam; Part III. Children's Engagement
in Play: 4. Activity setting analysis: a model for examining role of
culture in development Jo Ann M. Farver; 5. The pragmatics of
caregiver-child pretending at home: understanding culturally specific
socialization practices Wendy L. Haight; 6. Children's play as cultural
activity Artin Goncu, Ute Tuermer, Jyoti Jain and Danielle Johnson; Part
IV. Children's Engagement in Planning, Math and Literacy: 7. Everyday
opportunities for the development of planning skills: sociocultural and
family influences Mary Gauvain; 8. Supportive environments for cognitive
development: illustrations from children's mathematical activities outside
of school Steven R. Guberman; 9. Becoming literate in the borderlands
Christine C. Pappas.