The Cultural Nature Of Human Development

Description

This text 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.

First published 2003.

Reviews

" 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

Table of contents

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