Description
Product ID: | 9780415658669 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Developing Child in the 21st Century |
Subtitle: | A global perspective on child development |
Authors: | Author: Sandra Smidt |
Page Count: | 176 |
Subjects: | Age groups: children, Age groups: children, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Child & developmental psychology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Taking a child-centred view of education and learning, this multidisciplinary exploration of childhood shows how children make sense of the world through everything they come into contact with, and all their interactions. This fully revised and updated new edition takes a broad assessment of all children’s roles and experiences, covering a diverse range of topics. Offering a sociocultural approach to education and learning, this fascinating exploration of childhood provides an in-depth understanding of how children make sense of the world and the people in it. Examining the ways in which children express their thoughts, feelings and actively generate meaning through experience and interaction, this fully revised and updated new edition is illustrated throughout by extensive case studies and covers a diverse range of topics, including:
Taking a clearly articulated and engaging perspective, Sandra Smidt draws upon multiple sources and ideas to illustrate many of the facets of the developing child in a contemporary context. She depicts children as symbol users, role-players, investigators and creative thinkers, and follows children''s progress in forming their understanding of their environment, asking questions about it, and expressing it through music, dance, art and constructive play. Highly accessible, and with points for reflection concluding each chapter, The Developing Child is essential reading for teachers, lecturers and students taking courses in early childhood, psychology or sociology. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-05-28 |