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A Cultural-Historical Model to Understand and Facilitate Children's Development
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Wong, Pui Ling – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
Parents and educators strive to help their children to develop optimally. Given the diversity of values and practices among dynamic modern populations it is important to understand all the dimensions that affect the development of children in their communities. A cultural-historical lens facilitates such a holistic understanding. Taking this lens,…
Descriptors: Models, Child Development, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
A Cultural-Historical Study of How Children from Hong Kong Immigrant Families Develop a Learning Motive within Everyday Family Practices in Australia
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Wong, Pui Ling; Fleer, Marilyn – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2012
This article draws on a cultural-historical theorization of child development alongside the Chinese concept of learning in order to study children's development in the Hong Kong Australian community. In particular, it aims to understand in detail how a 9-year-old child develops a learning motive under highly structured family practices. The data…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Parenting Styles and Academic Achievement: A Cross-Cultural Study.
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Leung, Kwok; Lau, Sing; Lam, Wai-Lim – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1998
Investigated relationships between parenting style and adolescents' academic achievement in Hong Kong, United States, and Australia. Found cultural differences in general and academic authoritarianism and general authoritativeness. Academic achievement was negatively related to academic authoritarianism and was positively related to general…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Authoritarianism, Child Rearing