Children Today

An Applied Approach to Child Development through Adolescence
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-60535-681-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 269 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 2018 g

Children Today gives students practical knowledge to support children in their development. It uses stories and case studies to connect theory to practice, with a particular emphasis on how technology impacts the lives of children.

Theories are most useful when we can see their value in real life, as such, a key objective of this text is to show how development theories connect to the lives of children with features that demonstrate how educators can make practical use of theoretical concepts. In addition, Children Today recognizes that today's children are growing up in a digital world. To capture this reality, every chapter discusses issues encountered by children in our digital society.

Children Today is organized chronologically, covering child development from prenatal stages through adolescence. The first four chapters provide a foundational understanding of child development, while the remainder is divided by stages of development, each covering physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sternberg, Karin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter 1 Introduction

- Chapter 2 Theories of Child Development

- Chapter 3 Genetics, Conception, and Prenatal Development

- Chapter 4 Birth and the Newborn

- Chapter 5 Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

- Chapter 6 Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

- Chapter 7 Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

- Chapter 8 Physical Development in Early Childhood

- Chapter 9 Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

- Chapter 10 Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood

- Chapter 11 Physical Development in Middle Childhood

- Chapter 12 Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

- Chapter 13 Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

- Chapter 14 Physical Development in Adolescence

- Chapter 15 Cognitive Development in Adolescence

- Chapter 16 Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

Über Autor(innen)

Karin Sternberg, Ph.D., is a research associate at Cornell University. She has a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, as well as an MBA with a specialization in banking from the University of Cooperative Education in Karlsruhe, Germany. Karin completed some of her doctoral research at Yale and her postdoctoral work at the University of Connecticut. Afterward, she worked as a research associate at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and School of Public Health. She has held a grant from the National Institutes of Health for the development of a cognitive training program for seniors