Bridging Cultures,Readings 4bk Set: Cross-Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development
...an excellent source for gaining information regarding the socialization and development of the minority groups....present[s] useful information which can help graduate students in the social sciences, developmental, educational, clinical and school psychologists, and researchers to give more credence to the impact of culture on development and socialization in their respective fields of work. This book would be appropriate for courses that have a focus on multicultural aspects, such as race and ethnicity, educational aspects of minority groups, and mental health courses addressing appropriate interventions.—Cultural Diversity and Mental Health...effectively brings together theory and research findings on child development within various cultural groups. In practical terms, this volume enables those interested in cross-cultural research to obtain useful information about similarities and dissimilarities within and across groups, from one source. Additionally, the book serves to stimulate interest in the field and leads the reader to question previously held assumptions and beliefs about culture and the manner in which cross-cultural research is conducted....this volume makes an important contribution to the field of developmental psychology and to the study of minority child development. It is encouraging for those trying to advance cross-cultural research and informative for those wanting to learn more about diverse groups in a pluralistic society.—Journal of Applied Developmental PsychologyGreenfield and Cocking...provide a useful framework for examining the influence of cultures in contact on learning and cognitive development....the volume meets the editors' goals of contributing to a cultural-historical approach and to a theory of development that reaches beyond Euro-American norms. The collection has breadth.—Mind, Culture, and ActivityNot since the turn of the century has it been so important for those who study and work with children to recognize the impact of cultural history, the reason for migration, the migratory experience itself, and the experience of integration into the host society by the family. All of these concepts are crucial to understanding the cross-cultural roots of minority child development. This book is an excellent beginning.—American Journal of Mental RetardationThe editors are to be applauded for bringing together a stunning range of locales and settings and a highly competent group of international scholars.—Comparative Education Review