ISBN:
9781841693019
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (618 p)
Series Statement:
Essays in Developmental Psychology
Parallel Title:
Print version Children's Knowledge, Beliefs and Feelings about N
DDC:
155.4
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book provides a state-of-the-art account of how people's subjective sense of national identity, and attitudes towards countries and national groups, develop through the course of childhood and adolescence. It offers a comprehensive review of the research which has been conducted into:. children's understanding of nations as geographical territories and as political, historical and cultural communities. children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about the people who belong to different national groups. children's attitudes towards, and emotional attachment to, their
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; About the author; Preface; 1. On children, nations and national groups; Some initial conceptual distinctions; Theoretical perspectives on the nature of nations; The concept of national enculturation; The structure and organization of this book; Summary; 2. Children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about countries construed as geographical territories; The Piagetian perspective on children's understanding of, and feelings about, countries; Children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about their own country
Description / Table of Contents:
Children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about foreign countriesSummary; 3. Children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about the state construed as a political entity; Children's understanding of the state; Variability in children's understanding of, and attitudes to, government; The role of the school in fostering children's understanding of the state; Summary; 4. Children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about nations and states construed as historical and cultural communities; Children's pride in their own country; The role of the school in the national enculturation of children
Description / Table of Contents:
Children's knowledge and utilization of national and state emblemsSummary; 5. Children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about the people who belong to different national and state groups; Early studies into children's representations of, and attitudes to, the people who live in different countries; More recent studies into children's representations of, and attitudes to, the people who live in different countries; The CHOONGE and NERID projects; The sources of children's knowledge and beliefs about the people who live in other countries
Description / Table of Contents:
Children's beliefs about the factors that determine people's national and state group membershipsSummary; 6. The development of children's subjective identifications with their own nation and state; Previous studies into children's national and state self-categorizations; The findings from the CHOONGE and NERID projects; The Strength of Identification Scale (SoIS); Summary; 7. Theoretical accounts of how children's knowledge, beliefs and feelings about nations and states develop; The key findings requiring explanation; Existing theoretical accounts of children's development
Description / Table of Contents:
Towards a new explanatory framework: Societal-social-cognitive-motivational theory (SSCMT)Coda; Summary; References; Author index; Subject index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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