Readings on the Development of Children

Download or read book Readings on the Development of Children written by Mary Gauvain and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Streamlined and thoroughly updated, this carefully selected collection of classic and contemporary articles is ideal for use as a supplement in undergraduate developmental psychology courses. The collection features 37 primary sourced articles, 21 of them new to the fourth edition. Written by respected scholars in the field, they constitute a representative survey of the prominent issues in the study of child development today. Each reading is proceeded by a headnote that provides a context for understanding and is followed by new discussion questions that encourage students to think more broadly about key concepts. "-- BOOK JACKET.