Child Development in Africa E-Book

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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

In this volume, African scholars engaged in research on thecontinent reflect on their recent and ongoing empirical studies.They discuss the strengths and limitations of research methods,theories, and interventions designed outside Africa to spurinnovative research on the continent. And they explore how insightsfrom African philosophical, theoretical, and empirical work can becombined with exogenous forms of knowledge to generateunderstanding of the processes of African children'sdevelopment in ways that are responsive to local contexts andmeaningful for indigenous stakeholders. A new field of African child development research is emerging inAfrican societies, focusing on children as valued and vulnerablemembers of society and potential civic leaders of the future.Systematic inquiries are now designed to enhance our understandingof how African children think, to discover effective ways ofcommunicating with them, and to inform successful strategies ofpromoting their health, education, and preparation for adultresponsibilities in society. This is the 146th volume in this Jossey-Bass series NewDirections for Child and Adolescent Development. Its mission isto provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edgeissues and concepts in this subject area. Each volume focuses on aspecific new direction or research topic and is edited by expertsfrom that field.

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New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Lene Arnett Jensen Reed W. Larson EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

William Damon FOUNDING EDITOR

Child Development in Africa: Views From Inside

Robert Serpell

Kofi Marfo EDITORS

Number 146 • Winter 2014

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: VIEWS FROM INSIDE Robert Serpell, Kofi Marfo (eds.) New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, no. 146 Lene Arnett Jensen, Reed W. Larson, Editors‐in‐Chief

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Contents

Chapter 1: Some Long-Standing and Emerging Research Lines in Africa

Motivating Trends in African Developmental Psychology

Challenges for Society and Field

Preview of Chapters in the Rest of This Volume

References

Chapter 2: Biomedical Risk, Psychosocial Influences, and Developmental Outcomes: Lessons From the Pediatric HIV Population in Africa

Biomedical Risk Factors for Poor Childhood Outcomes: Focus on HIV

Uninfected Children of HIV-Infected Parents

The Clustering of Risk Factors

Future Directions

Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter 3: African Early Childhood Development Curriculum and Pedagogy for Turkana Nomadic Pastoralist Communities of Kenya

Overview of Western Models of Early Childhood Education in Africa

Theoretical Support for Consideration of Turkana Cultural Knowledge and Practices

Conclusion

References

Chapter 4: Promoting Children's Sustainable Access to Early Schooling in Africa: Reflections on the Roles of Parents in Their Children's Early Childhood Care and Education

Background to the Reflections

The Need to Invest in Parents’ Empowerment

Recognizing Family Funds of Knowledge

Parents Creating Literacy-Rich Environments

Promoting Literacy Practices in Local Environments

Policy Recommendations

Conclusion

References

Chapter 5: Design and Validation of Assessment Tests for Young Children in Zambia

Cross-Cultural Issues in Child Assessment

Common Approaches to Assessment Test Adaptation

Analysis of Instrument Design and Validation in Zambia

Conclusions

References

Chapter 6: Some Growth Points in African Child Development Research

Responding to the Challenges of Generating an African Child Development Field

Lessons Learned

References

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Index

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List of Tables

Chapter 2

Table 2.1

Chapter 3

Table 3.1

Table 3.2

List of Illustrations

Chapter 4

Figure 4.1 Traditional Food Processing in a Village of Southern Tanzania

Chapter 5

Figure 5.1 Dr. Matafwali Demonstrating Tactile Pattern Reasoning Test to a Trainee Assessment Officer

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Serpell, R., & Marfo, K. (2014). Some long‐standing and emerging research lines in Africa. In R. Serpell & K. Marfo (Eds.), Child development in Africa: Views from inside. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 146, 1–22.

1Some Long-Standing and Emerging Research Lines in Africa

Robert Serpell, Kofi Marfo

Abstract

Early research on child development in Africa was dominated by expatriates and was primarily addressed to the topics of testing the cross-cultural validity of theories developed “in the West,” and the search for universals. After a brief review of the outcome of that research, we propose two additional types of motivation that seem important to us as African researchers begin to take the lead in articulating research agendas for the study of child development in Africa: articulating the contextual relevance and practical usefulness of developmental psychology in Africa; and making developmental psychology intelligible to local audiences. We highlight two major challenges for African societies in this era that call for attention by the emerging field of African child development research: linguistic hegemony and its effects on research and schooling; and the process of indigenization. We end with a preview of chapters in the rest of the volume. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.