Cultural Worlds of Early Childhood

Abstract

Introduction Part I - Development as a Socio-cultural Process 1.Culture in Development - Michael Cole 2.The Development of Affect in Infancy and Early Childhood - Charles M. Super and Sara Harkness 3.A Cultural Perspective on the Transition from Prelinguistic to Linguistic Communication - Bambi B. Schieffelin and Elinor Ochs 4.Shared Care for Children - Elly Singer Part II - Making Sense of Relationships 5.The Child's Need to Learn a Culture - Colwyn Trevarthen 6.Young Children's Understanding of Other People - Evidence from observations within the family - Judy Dunn 7.Development of Intersubjectivity in Social Pretend Pla - Artin Goncu 8.Cultural Knowledge and Social Competence Within a Preschool Peer-culture Group - Rebecca Kantor, Peggy M. Elgas and David E. Fernie Part III - Relationships and Learning 9.Aspects of Teaching and Learning - David Wood 10.Adult-child Interaction, Joint Problem Solving and the Structure of Cooperation - Mariette Hogsteder, Robert Maier and Ed Elbers 11.Collaborations Among Toddler Peers - Individual contributions to social contexts - Celia A. Brownell and Michael Sean Carriger 12.Teachers and Other Adults as Talk Partners for Pupils in Nursery and Reception Classes - Maureen Hughes and David Westgate Part IV - Cultural Perspectives and Practices 13.Toddlers' Guided Participation With Their Caregivers in Cultural Activity - Barbara Rogoff, Christine Mosier, Jayanthi Mistry and Artin Goncu 14.Socialization of Nso Children in the Bamenda Grassfields of Northwest Cameroon - A. Bame Nsamenang and Michael E. Lamb 15.Komatsudani - A Japanese preschool - Joseph J. Tobin, David Y.H. Wu and Dana H. Davidson