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Publication details [#2269]

Cole, Michael and Jerome S. Bruner. 1972. Preliminaries to a theory of cultural differences. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education 71 (2) : 161–179.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

culture | deficit hypothesis | ethnicity | minority child

Annotation

C. and B. review a body of data and theory casting doubt on the idea that a 'deficit' exists in minority group children. They even raise doubts as to whether any nonsuperficial differences exist among different cultural groups.