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Child development : an active learning approach / Laura E. Levine, Central Connecticut State University, Joyce Munsch, California State University, Northridge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, [2014]Edition: Second editionDescription: xxxii, 548 pages, 140 variously numbered pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1452216797
  • 9781452216799
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.4 23
LOC classification:
  • BF721 .L5225 2014
Contents:
Part I. Understanding Development: Why And How We Study Children And Adolescents : -- 1. Introduction: Why We Study the Development of Children and Adolescents -- 2. Theories of Development -- 3. How We Study Development -- Part II. Beginnings : -- 4. How Children Develop: Nature Through Nurture -- 5. Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn -- Part III. Building Blocks of Development: How Children Grow : -- 6. Physical Development: The Body and the Brain -- 7. Cognitive Development -- 8. Intelligence and Academic Achievement -- 9. Language Development -- 10. Emotional Development and Attachment -- 11. Identity: The Self, Gender, and Moral Development -- 12. Social Development -- Part IV. Contexts For Development : -- 13. Families -- 14. Beyond Family and School: Activities, Media and the Natural World -- 15. Health, Well-being and Resilience.
Summary: "With its hallmark active learning approach, the second edition of this topically-organized text is the most interactive introduction to child development today. Dynamic learning activities in each chapter invite students to forge a personal connection to the latest topics shaping the field, including neuroscience, diversity, culture, play, and media. Using innovative pedagogy, Child Development: An Active Learning Approach reveals a wide-range of real-world applications for research and theory, creating an engaging learning experience that equips students with tools they can use long after the class ends."--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 155.4 LEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A549839B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Understanding Development: Why And How We Study Children And Adolescents : -- 1. Introduction: Why We Study the Development of Children and Adolescents -- 2. Theories of Development -- 3. How We Study Development -- Part II. Beginnings : -- 4. How Children Develop: Nature Through Nurture -- 5. Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn -- Part III. Building Blocks of Development: How Children Grow : -- 6. Physical Development: The Body and the Brain -- 7. Cognitive Development -- 8. Intelligence and Academic Achievement -- 9. Language Development -- 10. Emotional Development and Attachment -- 11. Identity: The Self, Gender, and Moral Development -- 12. Social Development -- Part IV. Contexts For Development : -- 13. Families -- 14. Beyond Family and School: Activities, Media and the Natural World -- 15. Health, Well-being and Resilience.

"With its hallmark active learning approach, the second edition of this topically-organized text is the most interactive introduction to child development today. Dynamic learning activities in each chapter invite students to forge a personal connection to the latest topics shaping the field, including neuroscience, diversity, culture, play, and media. Using innovative pedagogy, Child Development: An Active Learning Approach reveals a wide-range of real-world applications for research and theory, creating an engaging learning experience that equips students with tools they can use long after the class ends."--Publisher's website.

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