Adolescents, Families, and Social Development: How Teens Construct Their Worlds
This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents’ social development in the context of the family.
Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on the author’s research over the past 25 years
Draws from the results of in-depth interviews with more than 700 families
Explores adolescent-parent relationships among ethnic majority and minority youth in the United States, as well as research with adolescents in Hong Kong and China
Discusses extensive research on disclosure and secrecy during adolescence, parenting, autonomy, and moral development
This book provides readers with an understanding of the disparate theories concerning development, their assumptions and the intellectual forces underpinning them. Leading contributors from the field of development studies present the relevant material to analyze and evaluate current debates about development, together with the intellectual tools to judge contemporary arguments concerning developing countries and the ability to relate theories to contemporary policy issues.
TIPTOP is a course for young learners of English. It combines an understanding of the child’s conceptual development with an appreciation of realistic language goals within the school syllabus. Easy to teach and easy to use, TIPTOP presents both teachers and learners with a clear language framework combined with numerous opportunities for personal creativity and development.
The Emotional Development of Young Children (2nd ed.)
This work offers a foundation for building an emotional-centred early childhood curriculum, linking emotional competence to school readiness and to a broad range of important childhood outcomes.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 15 February 2011
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Roma - The Novel of Ancient Rome
Author of the critically acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series of historical mysteries, Saylor (The Judgment of Caesar) breaks out on an epic scale in this sprawling novel tracing Rome's extraordinary development over five centuries, as seen through the eyes of succeeding generations of one of its founding families.
