Understanding child development : for adults who work with young children

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Title:

Author:

Charlesworth, Rosalind.

ISBN:

9781418038106

Personal Author:

Charlesworth, Rosalind.

Edition:

7th ed.

Publication Information:

Clifton Park, NY ; United Kingdom : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2008.

Physical Description:

xiii, 767 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Contents:

A brief look at the young child -- Developmental and learning theories -- Studying the young child -- How learning takes place -- Learning through play -- The adult role in learning : general characteristics -- The adult role in learning : family and sociocultural factors -- Conception and prenatal development -- Heredity, environment, and development -- Birth and the first two weeks -- Infancy : theory, environment, and culture -- Infancy : health and physical and motor skills development -- Infancy : affective development -- Infancy : cognitive development -- The toddler : autonomy and physical motor development -- The toddler : affective development -- The toddler : cognitive development -- Physical development, health, safety and nutrition : ages three to six -- Motor development : ages three to six -- The cognitive system and concept development -- Oral language development and use -- Written language : development and everyday use -- Intelligence and creativity -- The adult role and cognitive development -- The nature of affective development : theory, emotion, and personality -- Social development -- The adult role in affective development -- Preschool to primary : bridging the gap -- The primary child : physical and motor development -- The primary child : affective development -- The primary child : cognitive development and schooling -- A look at the whole child -- Action for children.

Subject Term:

Child development.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030562.html

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Summary

Understanding Child Development, 7e is a text designed for students in early childhood teacher preparation programs, and for teacher's in-service and those in related in-service and preparation programs. It is now available in the seventh edition, and includes many new features and benefits. For students, it introduces the unique qualities of the young child as distinguished from older children, and demonstrates how to work with young children in ways that correspond with their individual developmental level and social and cultural environment. For in-service teachers, the text offers an opportunity to evaluate their views of young children and compare them with the views presented in the text. In each section of the book, critical social and cultural factors are related to young children's development, and factors relevant to working with children with special needs are integrated throughout the text. Other areas covered include developmentally appropriate practice, readiness, assessment, working with children and families from diverse cultures, development of early stages of reading, the importance of brain development, and play and learning. Content is connected directly to the importance of play and technology to a young child's learning is included, along with the popular theoretical views of learning. Many real life examples and anecdotes are included in the text in order to make theory and research come alive. The text is organized in larger sections with chapter divisions that provide the reader with easily digested segments of material. Each chapter includes boxed problems for reflection and for further learning, as well as further activities, reference lists, and review questions at the end of each chapter. The text includes many examples, explanatory charts, and full color photographs, and the online resources are expanded.