Child Development in Context: Voices and Perspectives

✍ Scribed by David Sattler, Geoffrey Kramer, Virginia Shabatay, Douglas Bernstein

Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Leaves: 156
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Corresponding to the organization of most child development textbooks, each chapter of this text contains 5-6 personal narratives and each narrative covers a different concept, issue, or topic within a given age period. Students see theory and research come alive through dynamic and insightful first-person accounts about timely issues; become engaged in critical thinking about gender, multi-cultural, ethical, theoretical, and research issues; and gain exposure to complex life events and ethical dilemmas.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT: Voices and Perspectives......Page 3
Copyright - ISBN: 0395921031......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
About the Authors......Page 20
Section 1: BIRTH, INFANCY, AND TODDLER HOOD......Page 23
MADELEINE'S FIRST MONTHS OF LIFE - Brian Hall......Page 25
BIRTH CEREMONIES OF THE QUICHE COMMUNITY - Rigoberta Menchu......Page 33
CARING FOR A PREMATURE INFANT - T. Berry Brazelton and Bertrand G. Cramer......Page 38
THE FUSSY, HIGH-NEED BABY - William Sears and Martha Sears......Page 42
PERPETUAL MOTION: A CURIOUS BABY - Anne Lamott......Page 47
Section 2 - EARLY CHILDHOOD......Page 52
MADELEINE'S UNDERSTANDING OF GENDER AND TIME - Brian Hall......Page 55
MOLLIE IN PRESCHOOL - Vivian Gussin Paley......Page 60
FANTASY AND STORYTELLING: CHILDREN AT PLAY - Harry Crews......Page 65
ANGELA'S ASHES: MEMOIR OF A CHILDHOOD - Frank McCourt......Page 70
NIGHT VISITORS: IMAGINATION OR REALITY? - Annie Dillard......Page 75
COPING WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - Ann Colin......Page 78
Section 3 - MIDDLE CHILDHOOD......Page 85
A YOUNG BOY BECOMES MAN OF THE HOUSE - Russell Baker......Page 88
SIBLING RIVALRY, SIBLING LOVE - Nancy Samalin with Catherine Whitney......Page 92
A BILINGUAL CHILDHOOD - Richard Rodriguez......Page 98
THE SPATIAL CHILD - John Philo Dixon......Page 103
HANDED MY OWN LIFE - Annie Dillard......Page 107
HELPING CHILDREN AVOID DEPRESSION - Martin E. P. Seligman with Karen Reivich, Lisa Jaycox, and Jane Gillham......Page 110
Section 4 - ADOLESCENCE......Page 117
SHAPING UP ABSURD - Nora Ephron......Page 120
DYING TO BE BIGGER - D. H.......Page 124
ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF LATE ADOLESCENCE - Sydney Lewis: An interview with Gretchen Dee......Page 128
MICHAEL HUANG: FROM VIETNAM TO AMERICA - Sydney Lewis: An interview with Michael Huang......Page 133
OUR AMERICA: LIFE AND DEATH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO - LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman......Page 138
FLIGHT OF PASSAGER - Rinker Buck......Page 144
Credits......Page 149
Name Index......Page 151
Subject Index......Page 152
Back Cover......Page 156

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