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

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.