The Development of Children 8th Edition by Cynthia Lightfoot, ISBN-13: 978-1464178863
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- Publisher: Worth Publishers; Eighth edition (March 30, 2018)
- Language: English
- 688 pages
- ISBN-10: 1464178860
- ISBN-13: 978-1464178863
Integrated culture and cross-cultural research to understand child development.
Following childhood development chronologically, Development of Children illustrates how biological and cultural factors shape the development of all children in some capacity. Gain a more in-depth understanding of how these factors impact every child’s development universally, and how they influence diverse developmental patterns. Exploring childhood development chronologically, Development of Children highlights those biological and culture factors that impact all children universally as well as those that create diverse patterns as the child matures.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
Part I: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: Biocultural Foundations
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development and Birth
Part II: Infancy
Chapter 4: The First 3 Months
Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
Chapter 6: Social and Emotional Development in Infancy
Part III: Early Childhood
Chapter 7: Language Acquisition
Chapter 8: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
Chapter 9: Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
Chapter 10: Contexts of Development
Part IV: Middle Childhood
Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Chapter 12: School as Context for Development
Chapter 13: Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood
Part V: Adolescence
Chapter 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Chapter 15: Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
Cynthia Lightfoot is Professor and Head of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine. Her published works focus on the sociocultural contexts of child and adolescent development, most recently, on teen pregnancy.
Michael Cole is an all-University of California Professor of Psychology, Communication, and Human Development. His home base is the University of California, San Diego, where he is the director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition. For many years he spent his afternoons participating with children and undergraduates in development-enhancing after-school programs. He is an editor of the journal Mind, Culture, and Activity. He has published widely on the role of culture and schooling in development, for which he has been awarded honorary degrees at Copenhagen University and the University of Helsinki. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academies of Education (of the United States and Russia).
Sheila R. Cole is a former journalist who specialized in writing about families, children, development, and education. She is also a children’s writer. Her most recent book offers a history of American childhood and is written for young people. She has also authored picture books, historical fiction, and novels for young adults. She participates in literacy programs for homeless adolescents.
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