Review
"Child development has deserved and needed this book for so long that it is hard to imagine that it has only been written now." The Health Services .
"An attractively produced "primer" in child development, designed for students new to the study of psychology. The authors have a lively, readable style and the book is well illustrated ... an excellent book." Bulletin of the British Psychology Society . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"An attractively produced "primer" in child development, designed for students new to the study of psychology. The authors have a lively, readable style and the book is well illustrated ... an excellent book." Bulletin of the British Psychology Society . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
This book provides a straightforward introduction to child development. It also covers the methods and problems of research into children, and the application of new findings in practical life.
From the Back Cover
This book provides a straightforward introduction to child development. It also covers the methods and problems of research into children, and the application of new findings in practical life. Thus it explores the ideas of such giants as Freud, Bowlby and Piaget, and the application of those ideas to children in the home, to adoption, fostering and childminding, to playgroups and nurseries, to learning and testing in school, and to some methods of therapy.
About the Author
Kathy Sylva is Professor of Child Development and Primary Education at the London University Institute of Education.
Ingrid Lunt lectures in educational psychology at the London University Institute of Education and is Deputy Chairperson of the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education Needs.
