Understanding child development /
Rosalind Charlesworth.
- 8th
- Beltmon,CA : Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning, 2011.
- xix, 748 p.: col. ill. 27 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
1. A brief look at the young child -- 2. Developmental and learning theories -- 3. Studying the young child -- 4. How learning takes place -- 5. Learning through play -- 6. The adult role in learning : general characteristics -- 7. The adult role in learning : family and sociocultural factors -- 8. Conception and prenatal development -- 9. Heredity, environment, and development -- 10. Birth and the first two weeks -- 11. Infancy : theory, environment, and culture -- 12. Infancy : health and physical and motor skills development -- 13. Infancy : affective development -- 14. Infancy : cognitive development -- 15. The toddler : autonomy and physical motor development -- 16. The toddler : affective development -- 17. The toddler : cognitive development -- 18. Physical development, health, safety and nutrition : ages three to six -- 19. Motor development : ages three to six -- 20. The cognitive system and concept development -- 21. Oral language development and use -- 22. Written language : development and everyday use -- 23. Intelligence and creativity -- 24. The adult role and cognitive development -- 25. The nature of affective development : theory, emotion, and personality -- 26. Social development -- 27. The adult role in affective development -- 28. Preschool to primary : bridging the gap -- 29. The primary child : physical and motor development -- 30. The primary child : affective development -- 31. The primary child : cognitive development and schooling.