Dialogicality in Development (Advances in Child Development Within Culturally Structured E) - Hardcover

Ingrid E. Josephs

 
9781567505764: Dialogicality in Development (Advances in Child Development Within Culturally Structured E)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1567505767 ISBN 13: 9781567505764
Publisher: Praeger (UK), 2003

Synopsis

The crucial nature of developmental theory is the question of relationship between cultural and personal facets of human development. Dialogue is a useful concept to specify this relationship from a process-oriented perspective. In its broadest sense, the notion of dialogue entails the interaction between at least two entities (persons, meanings, perspectives) out of which novelty can (but need not) emerge. Thus, dialogic models are open for developmental questions. These issues are examined in this, the first volume in which the increasingly popular metaphor of dialogue is systematically applied to developmental issues.

Dialogue is a multilevel concept and can be understood (1) as a real exchange between two interacting persons, (2) as the interaction between culture at large (e.g. stories and narratives) and the interacting, developing person, and (3) as a metaphor for developmental processes in general. In the first part of this international volume, the concept of dialogue is elaborated by researchers from different disciplines. The focus of the second section is on dialogic models in the area of self development. The third deals with the dialogical co-development of person and culture.

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About the Author

INGRID E. JOSEPHS is a Full Professor of Personality Psychology at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Publisher
Praeger (UK)
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1567505767
ISBN 13 
9781567505764
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240