Child Development and Education (3rd Edition)
Child Development and Educationis a comprehensive child development text written specifically for educators. Focusing on concepts and principles that are important to developmental theorists and to educational practitioners, this text is uniquely useful to those interested in the educational implications of developmental scholarship.Unique Features:Applies Developmental Theory to Classroom Practice:Development and Practicefeatures offer concrete educational strategies for facilitating student development.Observation Guidelinestables help the reader develop skills in observing developmental nuances in children and adolescents.Showcases Real Students and Their Work:The text extensively illustrates concepts and research with cases about and artifacts from real children and adolescents. Authentic case studies begin and end each chapter. The text also makes frequent use of actual artifacts from children's journals, sketchbooks, and school assignments.Explores the Core Themes in Development:Every chapter examines ways in which development is the complex product of interacting forces—nature, nurture, and children's own efforts. The authors also spotlight universal developmental trends and areas marked with substantial diversity. Finally, the text analyzes developmental changes for their underlying nature: do they take the form of dramatic qualitative changes, or are they the outcome of many small, trend-like quantitative changes?--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.