A Sympathetic Understanding of the Child: Birth to Sixteen

by David Elkind

Book Overview

This unique book is an accessible, "child-centered" introduction to child growth and development. It presents the most up-to-date information in descriptive terms to inform readers about how children... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205150187
• ISBN13: 9780205150182
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Developmental aspects of children

I first encountered this book as an asigned text in graduate school. It was the first book that explained to me (by inference) why so many kids are really ready to drop out of school by fifth grade. Children are concrete learners being taught by abstract methods in primary grades and middle school. Indeed, only about 1/4 of Freshmen in high school are truly capable of abstract reasoning, let alone the younger children. This book is wonderful to help teachers and parents better understand the children in their lives and be of real help to their growing and learning through childhood.