Robert Serpell

The Significance of Schooling

Life-Journeys in an African Society

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1933 study explores the difficulties of meeting the multiple agenda of modern schooling in a case study of a rural African community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780521144698
• ISBN-10: 0521144698
• Artikelnr.: 30205678

Autorenporträt

Robert Serpell is Professor of Psychology at the University of Zambia. In addition to many scholarly journal articles and chapters, he has published several books including Culture's Influence on Behaviour (1976), Mobilizing Local Resources in Africa for Persons with Learning Difficulties or Mental Handicap (1984) and Becoming Literate in the City (2005). His main research interests are cultural aspects of human development, intelligence, multilingualism, literacy, assessment and intervention services for children with disabilities and their families, and educational curriculum development. He is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, a Member of the International Executive Committee of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), and a Member of the Editorial Board for the APA journal, International Perspectives in Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
1. The multiple agenda of schooling
2. Wanzelu ndani? A Chewa perspective on child development and intelligence
3. The formal educational model of cognitive growth
4. Bicultural mediation: local challenges for teachers
5. Life-journeys and the significance of schooling
6. Dialogue and accountability: the school as a community resource
7. Perspectivist reflections on educational planning
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes.