Children with PowerWeb
Santrock

Known as the most comprehensive and up-to-date chronologically organized child development text in the market, Children engages students and prepares them to interact with children in a variety of contexts. John Santrock's goals-driven pedagogy provides proven study tools that, together with an accessible presentation and many applications, foster a clear understanding of the content. The fully revised ninth edition features hundreds of new citations, including many from the sixth edition of the Handbook of Child Psychology.The ninth edition includes a more extensive research focus with more than 2100 21st century citations. New research includes discussion of language delay in maltreated children and strategies for calming crying infants.Coverage of diversity and culture has been significantly updated and expanded, with new sections on socioeconomic status (Chapter 1), parenting styles and ethnicity (Chapter 11), and the positive aspects of ethnic identity (Chapter 17).Additional real-world applications and concepts have been added, including new recommendations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These applications give students a sense that the field of child development has personal meaning for them, and is one of the hallmark traits of this text.Learning goals are presented at the beginning of each chapter (in conjunction with a chapter outline/map), revisited in the żReview and Reflectż summary that concludes each section, and summarized in a żReach Your Learning Goalsż end-of-chapter visual. "Careers in Child Development" boxes feature interviews with professionals who describe opportunities in the field (for example Helen Schwe, a developmental psychologist and toy designer). Numerous Web links are provided throughout the text which gives students the opportunity to read about these careers in greater depth."Caring for Children" interludes provide positive strategies for interacting with and improving the lives of children and appear in each chapter. For example, Chapter 7 features tips for facilitating childrenżs language development.

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Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Medycyna i zdrowie
ISBN: 978-0-07-110827-0
Liczba stron: 0