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Rewriting the Self: Development as a Moral Practice.
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Freeman, Mark – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
Proposes that the self is constituted in narrative and that development can be seen as the self's effort at rewriting its account of the world. (LB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Developmental Psychology
Agency and Context in Cultural Psychology: Implications for Moral Theory.
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Miller, Joan G. – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Critiques studies of moral development and culture in light of key assumptions of cultural psychology with regard to culturally mediated contexts, the coherence and complexity of cultures, and agency in a culturally grounded self. Argues that the challenge remains to retain concern with agency and context sensitivity, while giving weight to the…
Descriptors: Children, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, Culture
Annotated Bibliography on Religious Development.
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Bucher, Anton A.; Reich, K. Helmut – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
Presents an annotated bibliography on religious development that covers the areas of psychology and religion, measurement of religiousness, religious development during the life cycle, religious experiences, conversion, religion and morality, and images of God. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Individual Development