The Cultural Nature of Human Development
Published on 27. February 2003
Book
Hardback
450 pages
978-0-19-513133-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Cultural Nature of Human Development presents an account of human development that looks at both the differences and similarities among cultures. Beyond demonstrating that 'culture matters', Rogoff focuses on how culture matters in human development - what patterns help make sense of the cultural aspects of human development? Rogoff integrates research and theory from several disciplines, including cross-cultural psychology, sociocultural research, linguistic and psychological anthropology, and history. The volume examines multiple aspects of development, including childrearing, gender differences, interdependence and autonomy, developmental transitions, maternal attachment, parental discipline, and cognition and culture.
Reviews / Votes
" Barbara Rogoff's new book is an excellent compilation of the last three or four decades of work by anthropologists and human developmentalists who study the cultural processes inherent in human development. ... highly recommended for scholars of human development and their advanced students." --Anthropology & Education Quarterly"Barbara Rogoff's new book is an excellent compilation of the last three or four decades of work by anthropologists and human developmentalists who study the cultural processes inherent in human development. ... highly recommended for scholars of human development and their advanced students." --Anthropology & Education Quarterly
"This book functions at two levels, with both effectively coordinated with one another: a rare achievement. On the one hand, it takes up - and presents in a new light - topics of concern to anyone interested in developmental questions... On the other, it takes up - and again presents in a new light - topics that have more been the explicit concern of scholars interested in cultural perspectives." Human Development
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
numerous black and white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
779 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-513133-8 (9780195131338)
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Barbara Rogoff
The Cultural Nature of Human Development
E-Book
02/2003
1st Edition
OUP USA
€17.99
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Barbara Rogoff
The Cultural Nature of Human Development
E-Book
02/2003
OUP eBook
€17.99
Available for download
Person
(Professor of Psychology and Education, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
Content
1. Orienting concepts and ways of understanding the cultural nature of human development ; 2. Development as transformation of participation in cultural activities ; 3. Individuals, generations and dynamic cultural communities ; 4. Child rearing in families and communities ; 5. Developmental transitions in individuals' roles in their communities ; 6. Interdependence and autonomy ; 7. Thinking with the tools and institutions of culture ; 8. Learning through guided participation in cultural endeavours ; 9. Cultural change and relations among communities