The Good Child

Moral Development in a Chinese Preschool

Jing Xu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2017 | New edition
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8047-9926-3 (ISBN)

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Chinese academic traditions take zuo ren—self-fulfillment in terms of moral cultivation—as the ultimate goal of education. To many in contemporary China, however, the nation seems gripped by moral decay, the result of rapid and profound social change over the course of the twentieth century. Placing Chinese children, alternately seen as China's greatest hope and derided as self-centered "little emperors," at the center of her analysis, Jing Xu investigates the effects of these transformations on the moral development of the nation's youngest generation.

The Good Child examines preschool-aged children in Shanghai, tracing how Chinese socialization beliefs and methods influence their construction of a moral world. Delving into the growing pains of an increasingly competitive and changing educational environment, Xu documents the confusion, struggles, and anxieties of today's parents, educators, and grandparents, as well as the striking creativity of their children in shaping their own moral practices. Her innovative blend of anthropology and psychology reveals the interplay of their dialogues and debates, illuminating how young children's nascent moral dispositions are selected, expressed or repressed, and modulated in daily experiences.

Jing Xu is Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington and Research Associate of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Introduction: Becoming a Moral Child in China
1. Cultivating Morality: Educational Aspirations and Anxieties
2. Feeling into Another's Heart: When Empathy Is Endangered
3. Negotiating Property Distribution: The Contested Space of Ownership and Fairness
4. Sharing Discourse and Practice: The Selfish Child,
Generosity and Reciprocity
5. Disciplining the Little Emperors: Navigating on
Shifting Grounds
Conclusion: Becoming Human in a Time of Moral Crisis

Erscheinungsdatum	14.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	3 halftones, 3 figures, 11 tables
Verlagsort	Palo Alto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8047-9926-1 / 0804799261
ISBN-13	978-0-8047-9926-3 / 9780804799263
Zustand	Neuware