Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Phillip T. Slee; Rosalyn H. Shute

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Edition: Second Edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives presents an overview of well-established and recent theories of child development, placing them in historical, philosophical and cultural contexts. It also considers how theory can best be translated into practice with children and adolescents. The second edition has been written in light of considerable recent advances in the field of child development, and now includes many reflections on, and from, a range of cultures. It will be essential reading for students taking advances courses on developmental psychology, and for students in education, social work and social policy.

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