Children's understanding of death : from biological to religious conceptions

• Main Authors: Talwar, Victoria, 1974- (Author, Editor), Harris, Paul L., 1946- (Author, Editor), Schleifer, Michael (Author, Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011
• Subjects: děti; psychologie dítěte; myšlení dítěte; smrt; ztráta blízké osoby; etnopsychologie; smrt > psychologické aspekty; smrt > náboženské aspekty; children; child psychology; children's thinking; death; bereavement; ethnopsychology; death > psychological aspects; death > religious aspects; eseje; essays
• ISBN: 9780521194594; 978-1-107-53159-8
• Physical Description: xi, 189 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

Table of 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