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Societal Contexts of Child Development: Pathways of Influence and Implications for Practice and Policy - Hardcover

 
9780199943913: Societal Contexts of Child Development: Pathways of Influence and Implications for Practice and Policy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0199943915 ISBN 13: 9780199943913
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Societal Contexts of Child Development provides comprehensive literature reviews for six broad contextual influences on children's development and addresses these contexts from an applied research perspective.

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About the Author

Elizabeth T. Gershoff, PhD, is Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Gershoff studies the impacts of parenting, poverty, community violence, neighborhoods, and school contexts on child and youth development over time.

Rashmita S. Mistry, PhD, is Associate Professor of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Mistry's research examines the consequences of poverty and economic stress on family and child well-being, children's reasoning about social class and inequality, and the design and evaluation of elementary and middle school curricula focused on social and economic inequality.

Danielle A. Crosby, PhD, is Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Dr. Crosby studies the environments, programs, and policies that impact young children's development in the context of social and economic disadvantage.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199943915
ISBN 13 
9780199943913
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272
Editor
Gershoff Ph.D. Elizabeth T., Mistry Ph.D. Rashmita S., Crosby Ph.D. Danielle A.