وصف الكتاب | The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development is an authoritative, accessible and up-to-date account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of leading experts, it adopts an interdisciplinary approach and covers everything from prenatal development to education, pediatrics, neuroscience, theories and research methods to physical development, social development, cognitive development, psychopathology and parenting. It also looks at cultural issues, sex differences and the history of child development. The combination of comprehensive coverage, clear, jargon-free style and user-friendly format will ensure this book is essential reading for students, researchers, health care professionals, social workers, education professionals, parents and anyone interested in the welfare of children. Features include:*Foreword by Jerome Bruner*Comprehensive coverage*Extensive glossary*Biographies of key figures*Companion website, www.cambridge.org/hopkins*Clear, user-friendly format |
المراجعة التحريرية | ... an excellent handbook, and can be recommended to all academic libraries catering for courses in psychology, education or social care.' Reference Reviews 'The authors include many of the leading people in the field, the quality of the writing is generally high, the text is mostly free of obfuscating jargon and mangy of the chapters are very interesting as well as informative. These add up to a set of considerable strengths, and there is much of value to be found in the wide-ranging accounts of different aspects of child development.' The Times Higher Education Supplement "This interdisciplinary reference work pursues and largely realizes the ambitious objective of surverying the leading topics in contemporary academic and applied child development. Authoritatively written fromculturally diverse orientations, this bulky single volume covers, in a jargonless manner, a number of topical areas sure to be of interest to a wide-ranging leadership."--American Reference Books Annual "The impressive trio of highly prominent contributors, the succinct but detailed tone of individual entries, and the scope and breadth of coverage makes the encyclopedia a key volume, and one sure to influecne the field as a prominent reference source to researchers, clinicians, students and others for many years." PsycCritiques David C. Schwebel |