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Building Character and Culture.
Title:
Building Character and Culture.
Author:
Hutcheon, Pat.
ISBN:
9780313005015
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (303 pages)
Contents:
Preliminaries -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Power of Culture -- 2 Humans as Creators and Creatures of Culture -- 3 Agents of Socialization -- 4 How Children Learn -- 5 Where Does Character Come From -- 6 The Culture of Violence Creating the Monsters among Us -- 7 Second Stages and Second Chances: Socialization in Later Life -- 8 A Tale of Two Cultures: The Culture of Affluence and the Culture of Poverty -- 9 A Culture of Pluralism or a Culture of Tribalism -- 10 The Culture of Fantasy: Gullible Victims and the Spinners of Delusion -- Appendix A Guidelines for Moral Education -- Appendix B Annotated Bibliography of Research on the Effects of Media Portrayals of Violence and Pornography on Human Development -- Index.
Abstract:
This text stresses the importance of culture in human development, and the collective responsibility for the direction in which it evolves. It proceeds from exploring humans as creators and creatures of culture to the role of agents of socialization in cognitive development and character formation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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