Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings - Couverture souple

Mercer, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412956463 ISBN 13 : 9781412956468

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2009

Synopsis

“A wonderful way to look more deeply into issues in child development.”
-Sarah Jane Anderson, Mount Ida College

“With its emphasis on critical thinking about child development, Mercer’s text is unique and timely. . . . Mercer has done an admirable job in selecting and tackling the topics that she does.”
-Nancy Dye, Humboldt College

In Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings, author Jean Mercer uses intriguing vignettes and questions about children and families to guide readers in thinking critically about 51 common beliefs. Each essay confronts commonly held misconceptions about development, encouraging students to think like social scientists and to become better consumers of media messages and anecdotal stories. The book is organized so that essays can be assigned to parallel either chronologically or topically organized child development texts.

Listen to a recording on Jean Mercer's book here.

Features and Benefits:

• Presents 51 short essays about child development that challenge readers to reconsider their pre-conceived notions
• Includes critical thinking questions at the end of each reading
• Offers examples of research to help students make the connection between research designs and conclusions
• Shows students how to approach research reports
• Provides reference lists, including links to relevant SAGE publications

Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings is intended for use as a supplementary text in courses in Child Development, Child and Adolescent Development, and Developmental Psychology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412956463
• ISBN 13: 9781412956468
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 281
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible