Child Development: A Topical Approach

By Robert S. Feldman

Book Overview

The Big Picture of Child Development - Child Development: A Topical Approach, 1/eis arranged in a way that helps students to see the "big picture" of development across the entire span of childhood and adolescence. KEY TOPICS: Engage Students - Many chapters include an interview with a person working in a field that uses the findings of child and adolescent development. Among those interviewed is a counselor for a treatment center serving teenagers confronting substance abuse, a childcare provider, a neonatal nurse, and a preschool teacher. Improve Critical Thinking - Review, Check, and Apply Sections - Interspersed throughout each chapter are short recaps of the chapters' main points, followed by questions designed to provoke mastery of the material and critical thinking. MARKET: For those interested in learning about Child Development. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130807257
• ISBN13: 9780130807250
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 575 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.9" x 11.2"