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"Edition after edition, Kathleen Stassen Berger's bestselling textbooks connect students to the field of developmental psychology, in an engaging, accessible, culturally inclusive way. Berger's Invitation to the Life Span does this in just 15 concise chapters and an epilogue, in a presentation that meets the challenges of exploring the breadth of the life span in a single term. The new edition of Invitation to the Life Span incorporates a wide range...
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"Spencer A. Rathus provides a hands-on approach in the chronologically organized Childhood: Voyages In Development, Sixth Edition to support students to understand the link between developmental theories and research as well as their application to everyday life. Using his proven pedagogical approach, interspersed with personal and humorous stories, Rathus captures the wonder of child development while portraying the field of development as the rigorous...
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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 topics shaping the field, including neuroscience, diversity, culture, play, and media.
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The most rapid and significant phase of development occurs in the first three years of a child?s life. The Supporting Children from Birth to Three series focuses on the care and support of the youngest children. Each book takes a key aspect of working with this age group and gives clear and detailed explanations of relevant theories together with practical examples to show how such theories translate into good working practice. Children?s personal,...
18) Children's play
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"Children's Play looks at the many facets of play and how it develops from infancy through late childhood. Authors W. George Scarlett, Sophie Naudeau, Dorothy Salonius-Pasternak, and Iris Ponte take a broad approach to examining how children play by including a wide variety of types of play, play settings, and play media. The book also discusses major revolutions in the way today's children play, including changes in organized youth sports, children's...
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"Your Child Is Smarter Than You Think!" bridges the gap between "how children think""and learn" and "how they""feel and behave." Dr. Wanda Draper discusses a "whole-child approach" to articulate the child's development and its relationship to behavior and learning from infancy through adolescence. Based on thirty years of experience with thousands of children of all ages, and their parents and teachers, she suggests simple yet powerful ways to help...
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