Abstract
Preschool systems provide an opportunity to directly examine the
process through which children become socialized to their culture
within a relatively controlled environment. In the preschool
setting, children are implicitly and explicitly instructed about
cultural norms and practices, and because of this, preschools
become microcosms of society. Cross-cultural psychologists have
long sought a means of quantifying differences between cultures,
but outside of qualitative interview analysis, little progress has
been made in the examination of culture at the childhood level.
Following the model of Tobin et al. (1989, 2009), a three-part
method for the observation and evaluation of cultural models of
preschool has been employed in the South Pacific. Though it appears
that preschools do not differ significantly when analyzed
quantitatively, it is believed that the addition of anecdotal
evidence helps to illuminate the presence and lack of cultural
differences.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction...p. 2
Part I...p. 10
Part II...p. 37
Discussion...p. 61
Appendix...p. 66
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