Child Development in Cultural Contexts: Implications of Cultural Psychology for Early Childhood Teacher Education |
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| Authors: | Kyunghwa Lee and Amy S Johnson |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education, The University of Georgia, 427 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USA;(2) Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, University of South Carolina, Wardlaw 204, Columbia, SC 29208, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this article we argue that early childhood educators, under the influence of last century’s grand universal theories of
child development, have not been attentive enough to the centrality of culture in children’s development. We discuss how the
exploration of contemporary developmental perspectives is critical to the field and illustrate cultural views of child development
based on cultural psychology. The goal of cultural psychology is to study the co-creation of human beings and cultures by
focusing on both mentalities and practices, on both culture and biology. Using this lens, we explore the implications that
cultural psychology holds for early childhood educators. |
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| Keywords: | Child development Culture Early childhood education Developmental theory Developmental psychology Critical theory Cultural psychology |
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