Early childhood development
Subtitle: a multicultural perspective
By: Jeffrey Trawick-Smith.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Child development; Early childhood education; Multicultural education; Cognition in children; Observation (Educational method); Children with disabilities -- Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Studying early childhood development in a diverse world; title: Historical perspectives and research in early childhood development; title: Theories of child development; title: Genetics, prenatal development, and birth; title: The newborn; title: Infant physical growth and brain development; title: Cognitive development in infancy; title: Infant language and literacy; title: Infant social and emotional development; title: Preschool physical and motor development; title: Cognitive development in the preschool years; title: Symbolic thought : play, language, and literacy in the preschool years; title: Social and emotional development of preschoolers; title: Physical growth and motor development in the primary years; title: Cognition and schooling; title: Language, literacy, and schooling; title: Social and emotional development in the primary years; title: Parents, families, and children : a multicultural perspective