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Serpell, Robert; Marfo, Kofi – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Early research on child development in Africa was dominated by expatriates and was primarily addressed to the topics of testing the cross-cultural validity of theories developed "in the West," and the search for universals. After a brief review of the outcome of that research, we propose two additional types of motivation that seem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Educational Research, Developmental Psychology
Serpell, Robert; Marfo, Kofi; Abubakar, Amina – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to millions of HIV-affected children. These children are likely to experience multiple developmental delays. In this chapter, I present data highlighting compromised neurobehavioral, mental health, and scholastic outcomes for children affected by HIV. Furthermore, I discuss biomedical factors (e.g., disease severity and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Foreign Countries, Risk, Mental Health
Matafwali, Beatrice; Serpell, Robert – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Early childhood education has received unprecedented attention among African policymakers in recent years, recognizing that the early years form an important foundation upon which later development is anchored and noting evidence that various Early Childhood Development (ECD) indicators are predictive of future academic success. Central to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Culturally Relevant Education
Serpell, Robert; Marfo, Kofi – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
We reflect on ways in which research presented in earlier chapters responds to challenges of generating an African child development field and identify additional issues calling for the field's attention. The chapters collectively display a variety of African contexts and reflexive evidence of the authors' African cultural roots. Connecting…
Descriptors: Child Development, African Culture, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Literacy
Serpell, Robert; Mumba, Paul; Chansa-Kabali, Tamara – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
An innovative curriculum designed to foster the development of social responsibility among pre-adolescent children was introduced at a rural Zambian primary school. The curriculum invoked Child-to-Child principles focusing on health education, advancing a synthesis of Western psychological theories and African cultural traditions. The teacher…
Descriptors: Health Education, Service Learning, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students