Child Development: A Thematic Approach - Hardcover

Bukatko, Danuta; Daehler, Marvin W.

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9780618333387: Child Development: A Thematic Approach

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ISBN 10: 061833338X ISBN 13: 9780618333387

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2003

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Bukatko/Daehler's Child Development: A Thematic Approach provides a comprehensive, topically organized, up-to-date picture of development from conception to adolescence. Most important, it draws students' attention to the themes that replay themselves throughout the course of development, fundamental issues that resurface continually and that provide coherence to sometimes seemingly disparate research. The themes can serve as frameworks to help students further understand and remember the multitude of facts about child development.

Bukatko/Daehler's fifth edition text draws on six themes: Nature and Nurture, Sociocultural Influence, Continuity/Discontinuity, Interaction among Domains, Individual Differences in Development, and Child Play's Role in Development. By drawing on these themes, the authors hope to stimulate readers to think about the process of development, or why it proceeds as it does.

Through new For Your Review and Chapter Recap, the authors also hope students will engage with the text and become more adept critical thinkers, who are more likely to appreciate the ramifications of theory and research for applied issues such as parenting practices, education, and social policy for children, which are ultimately concerns for us all.

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About the Author:

Danuta (Diane) Bukatko (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is Professor of Psychology and currently holds the Joseph H. Maguire Professorship in Education at Holy Cross College. She has a long-standing interest in cognitive and gender-role development in children, as well as the teaching of psychology. Her current research focuses on children's understanding of gender and power.

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