This fully revised and updated edition of a fundamental New Zealand psychology text examines how and why children develop and how they are influenced by the people and events in their lives. Discussed are theories of development and learning, the importance of early experience, intelligence and assessment, and the family. The development of social behavior, gender roles, language, and thinking are also covered. The question of mainstreaming–the integration of children with special educational needs into regular preschools and classrooms–is also debated. There is a strong emphasis on local conditions and the New Zealand historical and social context. This new edition addresses the important issue of giving children themselves a voice, in order to better understand their development and to involve them in decisions about their lives.
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I found this book not so interesting to carry on reading. It is based on strong emphaiss on NZ social context. It addresses the improtant of giving our children a voice. But on other hand we are not allowed to smack our children. It believe the book is based on old theries.
and showing you how children’s learning relates within the home-based or kindergarten practice.
Would be a long read from cover to cover and you would need to have a huge interest in a child’s learning, but for those studying early childhood this is a must have.
She begins with a how to perspective on understanding development then proceeds from prenatal development to the culminating whole child. Lots of pictures, lots of charts, lots of side articles