PM Greenfield's new theory of social change and human development aims to show how
changing sociodemographic ecologies alter cultural values and learning environments and …

Culture is a fuzzy concept without fixed boundaries, meaning different things according to
situations. To address this issue, I introduce a p-model to understand culture as a system of …

When we look beyond lesson planning and curricula—those explicit facets that comprise so
much of our discussion about education—we remember that teaching is an inherently social …

Researchers and students in developmental psychology have pointed out that the numerous
findings from research about human development seem disconnected and that it is difficult …

In this article it is argued that notions of 'quality'in early childhood education have been
captured by neo-liberal discourses. These discourses perpetuate the western …

Naikan has been viewed as a culturally specific therapy aimed at resocializing clients into
conservative Japanese social norms. The Ajase complex is used to support this view by …

This article examines Japanese teachers' beliefs about children's peripheral participation in
emotional interactions in the classroom, and especially in fights. The article is based on a …

In the discourse on contemporary parenting in the United States, the parent–child “power
struggle” is often spoken of as a common event in the everyday lives of parents and children …

We conducted research on the independent and interdependent self which points to cultural
differences in self‐enhancing versus self‐effacing perspectives. We investigated members …

This article examines how K orean early childhood education reform efforts to foster
children's selves create a fragmented and conflicting educational landscape. I focus on the …