SynopsisIn its first edition, this highly anticipated textbook for the topically-organized child development course provided a fresh, non-encyclopedic approach, offering the latest, straight-from-the-research understanding of child development without overwhelming the student with inessential detail. The new edition brings those hallmark features forward, again providing a thoroughly contemporary, streamlined introduction to the study of child development that emphasizes fundamental principles, enduring themes, and important recent studies. Student-friendly pedagogy, a new chapter on gender, and an enhanced media and supplements package further enrich this accessible, engaging, and informative text., In its first edition, this highly anticipated textbook for the topically-organized child development course provided a fresh, non-encyclopedic approach, offering the latest, straight-from-the-research understanding of child development without overwhelming the student with inessential detail. The new edition brings those hallmark features forward, again providing a thoroughly contemporary, streamlined introduction to the study of child development that emphasizes fundamental principles, enduring themes, and important recent studies. Student-friendly pedagogy, a new chapter on gender, and an enhanced media and supplements package further enrich this accessible, engaging, and informative text.", Appropriate course: Child development, taught topically. The child and adolescent development course analyzes the biosocial, cognitive, and psychological changes and development of children from birth to adolescence. How Children Develop, First Edition breaks the topical mold, offering students an innovative, non-encyclopedic introduction to the study of child development. Drawing on their extensive experience as teachers and leading researchers, Robert Siegler, Judy DeLoache, and Nancy Eisenberg emphasize the fundamental principles and enduring themes underlying children's development and focus on key research that is most reflective of the field today. The result is a lively, cutting-edge picture of how children develop that does not overwhelm the student with transitory detail.
LC Classification NumberBF721