How Culture Constructs Our Sense of Neighborhood: Mental Maps and Children's Perceptions of Place

Autor/in	Gillespie, Carol Ann
Titel	How Culture Constructs Our Sense of Neighborhood: Mental Maps and Children's Perceptions of Place
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 109 (2010) 1, S.18-29 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
Schlagwörter	Cultural Influences; Childhood Attitudes; Freehand Drawing; Maps; Neighborhoods; Multicultural Education; Religious Cultural Groups; Subcultures; Social Isolation; Cognitive Mapping; Content Analysis; Place of Residence; Socialization; Psychology; Sociology; Barriers; Comparative Analysis; Social Psychology; Social Differences; Family Environment; Values; Cultural Pluralism; Rural Areas; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Drawing; Zeichnen; Map; Karte; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Subculture; Subkultur; Soziale Isolation; Inhaltsanalyse; Wohnort; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Psychologie; Soziologie; Sozialpsychologie; Sozialer Unterschied; Familienmilieu; Wertbegriff; Kulturpluralismus; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum
Abstract	This research examines the effects of culture on a child's perceptions of his or her neighborhood by comparing the neighborhood sketch maps of a group of Amish and non-Amish children from the same rural Pennsylvania neighborhood. The results of this study lend credence to the belief that early and intensive acculturation helps define our sense of "neighborhood" very early in life. There are possible applications to multicultural education in this study. As we discover what is important to students from other subcultures and backgrounds, we can customize our instruction to make it more meaningful and effective. (Contains 2 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10