Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support - Softcover

Berns, Roberta M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495504548 ISBN 13: 9780495504542

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Adapting Urie Brofenbrenner's ecological systems approach to human development, this text describes and analyzes how a child's interaction with family, school, peer groups, media and community influences developmental outcome. The book's features include broad coverage of contexts in which children develop; a student-friendly writing style; and classic and current research.

About this title

About the Author:

Roberta Berns is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Saddleback College, where she founded and chaired the Human Development Department. Berns also was a student of renowned developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University. She lives in California with her husband, a professor of bioengineering. They have two children (one, an English professor and the other, a professor of neuroscience) and two grandchildren.

Review:

"Chapter 8 is very informative and reader-friendly. Excellent coverage of a wide variety of relevant topics. The sections on gender roles, sexual activity, and the significance and development of play are particularly well done. Useable tips for teachers and adults to help alleviate problems and encourage desired behaviors.This is phenomenal a great resource of information on topics that are relevant to our students. Cliques, bullying, peer modeling, etc are all wonder topics for a course of this nature.Organization is user-friendly, and lends itself well to structuring a class using the ecological model; current and relevant information; many good examples help students interpret information"

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0495504548
• ISBN 13: 9780495504542
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 620