Understanding Child Development

by Charlesworth, Rosalind

• ISBN13: 9781418038106
• ISBN10: 1418038105
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-11
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Understanding Child Development, 7e is a book 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 book offers an opportunity to evaluate their views of young children and compare them with the views presented in the book. In each section, 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. 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 book in order to make theory and research come alive. The book 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 book includes many examples, explanatory charts, and full color photographs, and the online resources are expanded.

Table of Contents

A Brief Look at the Young Child

Development 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 Social/Cultural Factors

Conception and Prenatal Development

Heredity, Environment, and Development

Birth and the First Two Weeks

Infancy: Theory, Environment, and Culture

Infancy: Physical and Motor Development

Infancy: Affective Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

The Toddler: Autonomy, Physical and Motor Development Chapter 16: The Toddler: Affective Development

The Toddler: Cognitive Development

Physical Health, Safety, and Nutrition (Ages Three to Six)

Motor Development (Ages Three to Six)

The Cognitive System and Concept Development (Ages three to Six)

Oral Language Development and Use (Ages Three to Six)

Written Language: Development and Everyday Use (Ages Three to Six)

Intelligence and Creativity

The Adult Role in Cognitive Development

The Nature of Affective Development

Emotional, Personality, and Social Development (Ages Three to Six) Chapter 27: 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

Glossary

References

Index

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