Published by Pearson (August 29, 2013) © 2014
Teresa McDevitt | Jeanne OrmrodChild Development and Education bridges the gap between theory and practice, showing those who teach and care for infants, children, and adolescents how to apply developmental research and theory to everyday practice. More so than any other text, Child Development and Education not only describes developmental phenomena--for infants through late adolescence--but also faciliates observations of and analyses of what children say, do, and create, ensuring that educators can make informed decisions that meet children's and adolescent's needs.
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- Part 1: Foundations in Child Development
- Chapter 1: Making a Difference in the Lives of Children and Adolescents
- Chapter 2: Using Research to Understand Children and Adolescents
- Chapter 3: Family, Culture, and Community
- Part 2: Biological Development
- Chapter 4: Biological Beginnings
- Chapter 5: Physical Development
- Part 3: Cognitive Development
- Chapter 6: Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky
- Chapter 7: Cognitive Development: Cognitive Processes
- Chapter 8: Intelligence
- Chapter 9: Language Development
- Chapter 10: Development in the Academic Domains
- Part 4: Social and Emotional Development
- Chapter 11: Emotional Development
- Chapter 12: Development of Self and Social Understandings
- Chapter 13: Development of Motivation and Self-Regulation
- Chapter 14: Moral Development
- Chapter 15: Peers, Schools, and Society