Child Development: An Active Learning Approach

Joyce Munsch,Laura E. Levine

ISBN 10: 1452216797 / ISBN 13: 9781452216799

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Child Development: An Active Learning Approach
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1452216797
• ISBN 13: 9781452216799
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

With its hallmark active learning approach, the second edition of this topically-organized text is the most interactive introduction to child development today. Dynamic learning activities in each chapter invite students to forge a personal connection to the latest topics shaping the field, including neuroscience, diversity, culture, play, and media. Using innovative pedagogy, Child Development: An Active Learning Approach reveals a wide-range of real-world applications for research and theory, creating an engaging learning experience that equips students with tools they can use long after the class ends.


Take a tour of Chapter 9: Language Development from the Interactive E-Book online!

About the Author

Laura E. Levine received her Ph.D. in developmental and clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. After working as a clinical psychologist for 10 years, she moved to Connecticut and was a stay-at-home mother of her two children. She returned to academia in 1994 and has been teaching child psychology and life span development for 20 years at Central Connecticut State University, where she is a professor in the Department of Psychological Science. Her research on the social development of young children and on the relation of media use to attention difficulties has appeared in Developmental Psychology, the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Infant and Child Development, Computers and Education, and CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Her research on the scholarship of teaching and learning can be found in New Directions for Teaching and Learning, College Teaching, and the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.