Covering early childhood through high school in an easy-to-follow format, Child and Adolescent Development in Your Classroom provides you with authentic, research based strategies and guidelines for your future classroom. With an emphasis on application, the authors specifically relate child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including social-emotional development, classroom, discipline, humor, and constructivism, and they incorporate group and individual diversity issues concerning gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and cross-national comparisons throughout the text. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom, thus preparing you to create an environment that promotes optimal development children.
This is the most current text on child and adolescent development for teachers available on the market. Covering early childhood through high school in an easy-to-follow format, the book provides teachers with authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for their classrooms. A strong emphasis on diversity among children is reflected throughout. The authors specifically apply child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including social-emotional development, classroom discipline, humor, constructivism, and many others. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom, helping students be better prepared to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children.
Covering development from early childhood through high school in an easy-to-follow format, this book provides future teachers with authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for their classrooms. The authors apply child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including classroom discipline, constructivism, social-emotional development, and many others. A strong emphasis on diversity among children is reflected throughout. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom, helping future teachers be better prepared to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children.
