1st Edition

The Autonomous Child Day Care and the Transmission of Values

By Carol Speekman Klass Copyright 1986
214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1986, this book’s focal point is a field study which asks whether the social childrearing context of daycare transmits to young children values different from those within America’s dominant value tradition of individualism. Daycare critics were concerned that this social childrearing within daycare would weaken the family and promote collectivist rather than... Read more

New Preface for Reissue.  Acknowledgements.  1. Introduction  2. Social and Familial Childrearing: Day Care in Context  3. Social Childrearing within Day Care: Rosehill Day Care Center  4. Individual and Social: Analyzing the Tilt at Rosehill  5. From Situation to Structure: Relating Field Study Findings to America’s Value Tradition of Individualism  6. A Concluding Note.  Appendix A: Activity Scans.  Appendix B: Theoretical Orientation.  Bibliography.  Index.

Biography

Carol Speekman Klass