Child Development

Originally published in 1993, this book presents an alternative approach to the study of the emergence of economic awareness during childhood: a new developmental economic psychology!..

Originally published in 1990, this volume explores important findings emerging from contemporary research on cognitive style in young children and the implications for classroom practice at the time...

A collection of narratives from seven writers who spent a year in an urban school, exploring the experiences and contributions of children, families, teachers and administrators...

Originally published in 1987, this book introduces work on the intellectual development of children in the primary school...

This is the most comprehensive and in-depth overview of the foundational theoretical contributions to understanding human development and the influence of these contributions for contemporary research and application in developmental science. It is an essential resource for graduate students and pro..

Conflict Narratives in Middle Childhood presents evidence from twenty years of research, examining nearly 3000 narratives from 1600 children in eight settings in two countries about their own experiences with interpersonal conflict...

A ground-breaking volume for the field of developmental psychology, this classic volume will remain an essential resource for any scholar who is interested in minority child development and engages in cross-cultural research and multidisciplinary methodologies...

This monograph summarizes the research with an eye to several audiences (researchers, clinicians, educators) and with an emphasis on the questions that remain...

This volume looks at the study of successful pathways through middle childhood. The chapters look at how diverse environmental contexts (economic,culture,history, politics) influence child and family development...

Different Childhoods: Non/Normative Development and Transgressive Trajectories opens up new avenues for exploring children’s development as contextual, provisional and locally produced, rather than a unitary, universal and consistent process...

This book addresses aspects of research and practice concerning children under the age of 10 in Finland by exploring their growth and development, the organization of learning and teaching, practices of rearing children and child care. _x005F_x000D_ This book was originally published as a special is..

A unique study of parent-infant interactions at home drawing on psychology, linguistics and anthropology...