Ergonomics for children : designing products and places for toddlers to teens / Rani Lueder, Valerie Berg Rice.

By:

Lueder, Rani

Contributor(s):

Rice, Valerie J. Berg

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC, 2008Description: xv, 961 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:

9780415304740
0415304741

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

620.82083 22

LOC classification:

TA166 .L78 2008

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction to this book / Rani Lueder, Valerie Rice and Cheryl L. Bennett -- Ch. 2. Developmental stages of children / Tina Brown and Melissa Beran -- Ch. 3. Child anthropometry / Beverley Norris and Stuart A. Smith -- Ch. 4. Visual ergonomics for children / Knut Inge Fostervold and Dennis R. Ankrum -- Ch. 5. Hearing ergonomics for children : sound advice / Nancy L. Vause -- Ch. 6. Physical development in children and adolescents and age-related risks / Rani Lueder and Valerie Rice -- Ch. 7. Physical education programs / Barbara H. Boucher -- Ch. 8. Children and injuries / Valerie Rice and Rani Lueder -- Ch. 9. Assistive technologies / Robin Springer -- Ch. 10. A lot with a little : accommodating disabled children in developing countries / David Werner -- Ch. 11. Designing products for children / Valerie Rice and Rani Lueder -- Ch. 12. Children's play with toys / Brenda A. Torres -- Ch. 13. Book bags for children / Karen Jacobs, Renee Lockhart, Hsin-Yu (Ariel) Chiang and Mary O'Hara -- Ch. 14. Warnings : hazard control methods for caregivers and children / Michael J. Kalsher and Michael S. Wogalter -- Ch. 15. Stairways for children / Jake Pauls -- Ch. 16. Child use of technology at home / Cheryl L. Bennett -- Ch. 17. Children in vehicles / Rani Lueder -- Ch. 18. Preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders for youth working on farms / Thomas R. Waters -- Ch. 19. Preschool/day care / Lorraine E. Maxwell -- Ch. 20. Children and handwriting ergonomics / Cindy Burt and Mary Benbow -- Ch. 21. Classroom furniture / Alan Hedge and Rani Lueder -- Ch. 22. Designing electronic media for children / Libby Hanna -- Ch. 23. Information and communication technology in schools / Clare Pollock and Leon Straker -- Ch. 24. New directions in learning / David Gulland and Jeff Phillips -- Ch. 25. Designing cities and neighborhoods for children / Rani Lueder -- Ch. 26. Children and wayfinding / Gary L. Allen, Rani Lueder and Valerie Rice -- Ch. 27. Museum experience : designing for children / Jeff Kennedy and Marjorie Prager -- Ch. 28. Playground safety and ergonomics / Alison G. Vredenburgh and Ilene B. Zackowitz.

Summary: "Providing guidance on a broad range of issues for young children and adolescents, Ergonomics for Children: Designing Products and Places for Toddlers to Teens give you a deep understanding of how children develop and how these developmental changes can influence the design of products and places for children. Copiously illustrated with photos and other images, the book helps you quickly find answers to your questions, grasp concepts, and apply them.; Its subsections are organized to help you locate and understand the content you need. Edited by experts with contributions from an international panel, the book is both broad in coverage and international in perspective. The contributors review the ways in which children develop physically, perceptually, cognitively, and socially and then use this information to provide practical guidelines for the design of places and products for children."--Publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	620.82083 LUE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A455059B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Providing guidance on a broad range of issues for young children and adolescents, Ergonomics for Children: Designing Products and Places for Toddlers to Teens give you a deep understanding of how children develop and how these developmental changes can influence the design of products and places for children. Copiously illustrated with photos and other images, the book helps you quickly find answers to your questions, grasp concepts, and apply them.; Its subsections are organized to help you locate and understand the content you need. Edited by experts with contributions from an international panel, the book is both broad in coverage and international in perspective. The contributors review the ways in which children develop physically, perceptually, cognitively, and socially and then use this information to provide practical guidelines for the design of places and products for children."--Publisher description.

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