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EFFECTIVE EARLY EDUCATION S TUDIES IN E DUCATION AND C ULTURE VOLUME 11 GARLAND REFERENCE LIBRARY OF S OCIAL VOLUME 1120 S CIENCE STUDIES IN EDUCATION AND CULTURE DAVID M.FETTERMAN, Series Editor RE-VISIONING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP A Phenomenological Approach by John G.Mitchell SCHOOLING, JOBS, AND CULTURAL IDENTITY Minority Education in Quebec by Linda Kahn LATINO IMMIGRANT YOUTH Passages from Adolescence to Adulthood by Timothy Ready LEARNING AND WORK An Exploration in Industrial Ethnography by Charles N.Darrah THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A RURAL AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL Farewell Little Kanawha by Alan J.DeYoung CROSS-CULTURAL LITERACY Ethnographies of Communication in Multiethnic Classrooms edited by Marietta Saravia-Shore and Steven F.Arvizu PUERTO RICAN CHILDREN MAINLAND Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Alba N.Ambert and María D.Alvarez ON THE THE PARENT-CENTERED EARLY SCHOOL Highland Community School of Milwaukee by Michael R.Williams EDUCATIONAL QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN LATIN AMERICA The Struggle for a New Paradigm edited by Gary L.Anderson and Martha Montero-Sieburth EFFECTIVE EARLY EDUCATION Cross-Cultural Perspectives edited by Lotty Eldering and Paul P.M.Leseman E FFECTIVE E ARLY E DUCATION C ROSS -C ULTURAL P ERSPECTIVES EDITED BY L OTTY E LDERING AND F ALMER P RESS A M E M B E R O F T H E T AY L O R NEW Y ORK AND L ONDON 1999 & P AUL P.M.L ESEMAN F RANCIS G ROUP Published in 1999 by Falmer Press A Member of the Taylor & Francis Group 19 Union Square West New York, NY 10003 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. Disclaimer: For copyright reasons, some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. Copyright © 1999 by Lotty Eldering and Paul P.M.Leseman All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Effective early education: cross-cultural perspectives/edited by Lotty Eldering and Paul P.M.Leseman. p. cm.—(Garland reference library of social science; v. 1120. Studies in education and culture; v. 11 Includes biliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8153-2444-8 (alk. paper) 1. Early childhood education Cross-cultural studies. 2. Socially handicapped children—Education (Early childhood) Cross-cultural studies. I. Eldering Lotty, 1939– . II. Leseman, Paul. III. Series: Garland reference library of social science; v. 1120. IV. Series: Garland reference library of social science. Studies in education and culture; vol. 11. LB1139.23 372.21–dc21 99–16472 CIP ISBN 0-203-80001-X Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-80005-2 (Adobe eReader Format) Contents Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments vii ix Chapter One Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Young Children Lotty Eldering and Paul P.M.Leseman 3 PART ONE: Culture, Context, and Development: Theoretical Issues Chapter Two Culture-Behavior Relationships Ype H.Poortinga 19 Chapter Three Theoretical Conceptions of Human Development Robert Serpell 41 Chapter Four From Parents’ Cultural Belief Systems to Behavior Sara Harkne