Culture and the Child: A Guide for Professionals in Child Care and Development

By Daphne M. Keats

This, the first book in the Wiley Series in Culture andProfessional Practice, is designed as a practical guide forprofessionals who work with children from differing culturalbackgrounds. It relates cultural differences in development to theproblems and practice of child care with a special contributionfrom cross-cultural psychology. The book includes the main issueswhich professionals are likely to encounter, for example: * how individual differences in temperament and behaviour interactwith cultural traditions * how a sense of mixed identity develops and how this conflictaffects many young people in different cultural settings * how the anxieties and motivations of children are influenced bytheir cultural backgrounds The book draws upon a theoretical and research base incross-cultural psychology but presents the issues in practicalterms leading to appropriate action. This book is unique with itsfocus on promoting the well-being of the children and those whocare for them. Theory and practice are combined in a convenientvolume intended for everyday use by professionals in the field, including pre-school teachers, child care workers and psychologistsworking with children and adolescents in multiculturalenvironments. Culture and the Child concludes with a discussion ofthe effects of multicultural interaction and cultural change intothe 21st century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471966258
• ISBN13: 9780471966258
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"