In Search of Integrity - A Life-Journey Across Diverse Contexts

This Element shows the author's selected stories from his personal experience that reflect the culture of a particular social group of which he was a member at the time. He discusses how his perspective in cultural psychology relates to his personal life as a migrant and as a parent.

List of contents

1. Personal development in sociocultural context; 2. The intimate family culture of my childhood home; 3. Adolescent challenges at boarding school; 4. Learning to assume responsibility; 5. Responsibilities of parenthood and profession; 6. Listening respectfully, connecting locally; 7. Intimate family culture and parenting in the USA.; 8. Engagement with progressive social change; 9. Searching for integrity; References.

Summary

This Element shows the author's selected stories from his personal experience that reflect the culture of a particular social group of which he was a member at the time. He discusses how his perspective in cultural psychology relates to his personal life as a migrant and as a parent.

Foreword

A cultural psychologist analyses how his perspective relates to his personal life-journey as migrant, as parent and as professional.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Serpell, Robert (University of Zambia) Serpell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009523820
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0952382-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Psychology and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Autobiography: general, Memoirs, Family & relationships, Child & developmental psychology, Advice on parenting, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Cultural Psychology