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Title Children's understanding of death : from biological to religious conceptions / edited by Victoria Talwar, Paul L. Harris, Michael Schleifer
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) : illustrations
Contents Death, ancestors, and the living dead : learning without teaching in Madagascar / Rita Astuti -- Death in Spain, Madagascar, and beyond / Paul L. Harris -- Ambivalent teaching and painful learning : mastering the facts of life / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Death in the lives of children / Margaret M. Mahon -- Talking to children about death in educational settings / Victoria Talwar -- Responsible believing / Miriam McCormick -- Thoughts and feelings : children and William James have it right! / Michael Schleifer -- How the law constructs its understanding of death / Ray Madoff
Summary In order to understand how adults deal with children's questions about death, we must examine how children understand death, as well as the broader society's conceptions of death, the tensions between biological and supernatural views of death, and theories on how children should be taught about death. This collection of essays comprehensively examines children's ideas about death, both biological and religious. Written by specialists from developmental psychology, pediatrics, philosophy, anthropology, and legal studies, it offers a truly interdisciplinary approach to the topic. The volume examines different conceptions of death and their impact on children's cognitive and emotional development and will be useful for courses in developmental psychology, clinical psychology, and certain education courses, as well as philosophy classes - especially in ethics and epistemology. This collection will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners in psychology, medical workers, and educators - both parents and teachers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Children and death.
Children and death -- Cross-cultural studies
Child psychology.
Bereavement.
Children.
Psychology and religion.
Attitude to Death -- ethnology
Psychology, Child
Bereavement
Child
Religion and Psychology
mourning.
children (people by age group)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
SELF-HELP -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Psychology and religion
Children
Child psychology
Bereavement
Children and death
Tod.
Begriff.
Verstehen.
Kind.
Kulturvergleich.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Talwar, Victoria, 1974-
Harris, Paul L., 1946-
Schleifer, Michael.
LC no. 2011000386
ISBN 9781139127721
1139127721
9781139117067
1139117068
9780511852077
051185207X
9781139114899
1139114891