Coming Home to Preschool: The Sociocultural Context of Early Education: Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology

Introduction, Irving E. SigelApplied Research and Program Development: Orthogonal or Complementary Behavior?, Richard N. RobertsPART I. THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT AT HOMEGrowing Up Hawaiian: Autonomy and Solidarity in a Generational System of Interaction, John J. D'Amato and Kristina InnKin and Calabash: The Social Networks of Preschool Part-Hawaiian Children, Dale C. Farran, Jayanthi Mistry, Michelle Ai-Chang, and Hannah HermanUnpackaging Cultural Effects on Classroom Learning: Hawaiian Peer Assistance and Child-Generated Activity, Thomas S. Weisner, Ronald Gallimore, and Cathie JordanPART II. THE EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE HOMEDevelopment of the Home Learning Environment Profile, Robert W. Heath, Paula F. Levin, and Katherine A. TibbettsMother-Child Interactions and the Development of Verbal and Perceptual Skills in Part-Hawaiian Preschool Children, Dale C. Farran and Thomas DarvillQuality and Quantity of Maternal-Child Interaction, Richard N. Roberts and Margaret L. BarnesThe Relationship Between Talking at Home and Test-Taking at School: A Study of Hawaiian Preschool Children, Mary Martini and Jayanthi MistryThe Social Context of Early Literacy in Hawaiian Homes, Paula F. Levin, Mary E. Brenner, and J. Mahealani McClellanPreschool Activities as Occasions for Literate Discourse, Jayanthi Mistry and Mary MartiniThe Comprehension Reading Lesson as a Setting for Language Apprenticeship, Gisela E. SpeidelThe Family, the School, and the Interface, Richard N. RobertsAuthor IndexSubject Index