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Chapter 6 - Approaches to Culture-Oriented Research and Teaching

from Research and Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

By
Carl Martin Allwood
Edited by
Kenneth D. Keith
Kenneth D. Keith
Affiliation:
University of San Diego
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Summary

Studies of children from diverse cultures help students and experts alike to see the full scope of child development. Moreover, cultural research on children enables psychological scientists to further test and delineate the nature of developmental processes and phenomena that have been mostly understood within limited cultural settings. Mainstream psychologists increasingly recognize the importance of cultural context to the field of child development and experts share a common goal to create a more universal developmental psychology applicable to children across cultures. As a result, a substantial body of cultural developmental research exists, and a number of resources are available to aid the instructor wishing to offer a more inclusive portrayal of child development.
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
 , pp. 134 - 156
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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