Deconstructing developmental psychology
By: Erica Burman.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780415395618; 9780415395625
Subjects: Developmental psychology
Description: Erica Burman interrogates the assumptions and practices surrounding the psychology of child development, providing a critical evaluation of the role and contribution of developmental psychology within social practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Origins; title: Researching infancy; title: Attributing sociality; title: Discourses of the child; title: Models and muddles : dilemmas of childhood; title: Familiar assumptions; title: Bonds of love, dilemmas of attachment; title: Involving fathers; title: Language talk; title: Discourses of caregiving talk; title: Language and power in developmental research; title: Piaget, Vygotsky, and developmental psychology; title: Child-centred education : shifts and continuities; title: Morality and the goals of development.