Child & Developmental Psychology

A must-read for anyone working within education or intellectual development, Educating the Developing Mind introduces and integrates classical and ...

The field of reading is a compelling one, characterised by many debates and discussions. It is also amenable to investigations through a range of t...

This book offers various perspectives on children’s spirituality and its relation to life and values education from diverse socio-cultural and educ...

Childhood, Identity and Masculinity: The Boarding School Boys examines the lives of ten Iranian men who were sent to boarding schools in England du...

A groundbreaking guide for parents to help protect the mental health of children aged four to twenty-one.Young people’s mental health has never bee...

A must-read for anyone working within education or intellectual development, Educating the Developing Mind introduces and integrates classical and ...

The Acquisition of French as a Second Language: A Research Overview is the first text to present, in one place, a comprehensive, systematic overvie...

Describes how people grossly overestimate the power they have over others while simultaneously missing opportunities to enjoy and use the power the...

This comprehensive, forward-looking text is the first holistic research overview and practical methods guide for researching the role that affectiv...

Childhood, Identity and Masculinity: The Boarding School Boys examines the lives of ten Iranian men who were sent to boarding schools in England du...

This comprehensive, forward-looking text is the first holistic research overview and practical methods guide for researching the role that affectiv...

Now in its sixth edition, this bestselling textbook remains the cornerstone for the study of second language acquisition, providing a comprehensive...

Embark on an illuminating voyage through the biological foundations of human nature and development with Psychobiological Footprints through Human ...

The Acquisition of French as a Second Language: A Research Overview is the first text to present, in one place, a comprehensive, systematic overvie...

Originally published in 1976, the authors present a theory of cognitive development based upon an information-processing approach. This approach le...

A twenty-plus-year study of former child soldiers offers far-reaching insight into mental health and resilience after extreme trauma.During the civ...

Children treat play as an end in itself while adults treat it as a means which may serve several developmental functions. Although traditional educ...

Questionnaires in Second Language Research is the first state-of-the-art methodological guide for producing and using questionnaires as reliable an...

As our global demographic shifts towards an increasingly aging population, we have an opportunity to transform how we experience and think about ge...

Originally published in 1993, this book presents an alternative approach to the study of the emergence of economic awareness during childhood: a ne...

John and Elizabeth Newson were well known for their studies of child rearing, which have combined a rigorous research methodology with sympathetic ...

Now in its sixth edition, this bestselling textbook remains the cornerstone for the study of second language acquisition, providing a comprehensive...

Originally published in 1924, this sixth edition published in 1930 is thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the important advances in t...

Everyone seeks to attain excellence and happiness in their lives, yet world-class performance is rare. Research shows that education accounts for o...

Growing Children’s Social and Emotional Skills examines how parent–educator partnerships can be achieved to enhance the development of children’s s...

Originally published in 1976, this volume is based on a conference held in 1974. The purpose of the conference was to foster communication between ...

How can adults keep children safe and healthy online now and in the future? How can we thrive alongside technology? This highly accessible book unp...

This book describes the origin, development and current state of volunteerism in Asia and Hong Kong. It also presents a field-tested model of empow...

This volume features new findings by nine interdisciplinary teams of researchers on the topics of self, motivation, and virtue. Nine chapters bring...

How can adults keep children safe and healthy online now and in the future? How can we thrive alongside technology? This highly accessible book unp...

How can we ensure that adolescent research is really assisting the optimal developmental transitions of young people, now and in the near future? R...

This book illustrates the process of mediated dialogue in a digital age. It shows that culture and self-like society and identity-are conceived as ...

Our children grow up into a world of stories—in books, on screens—but what do they make of the stories we offer them? What do they think and feel a...

Training Teachers in Emotional Intelligence provides pre- and in-service teachers with foundational knowledge and skills regarding their own and th...

Piagetian theory was once considered able to describe the structure and development of human thought. As a result, it generated an enthusiasm that ...

Addresses the needs of parents of children who experience medical trauma – negative experiences in the healthcare system that may cause resistance ...

Our encounters with the physical world are filled with miraculous puzzles-wind appears from somewhere, heavy objects (like oil tankers) float on oc...

Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated i...

Numerical Cognition: The Basics provides an understanding of the neural and cognitive mechanisms that enable us to perceive, process, and memorize ...

Originally published in 1924, this sixth edition published in 1930 is thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the important advances in t...

How can we ensure that adolescent research is really assisting the optimal developmental transitions of young people, now and in the near future? R...

Although the work of Piaget dealt with the intellectual development of children, and that of Goldman with a child’s religious thought, there had hi...

Since the 1970s researchers in the communicative development of infants and small children had rejected traditional models and began to explore the...

Far too often, children and youth experience trauma, from rare events such as mass shootings, terrorism attacks, and school lockdowns, to very comm...

This influential festschrift honours the legacy of Annette Karmiloff-Smith, a seminal thinker in the field of child development and a pioneer in de...

Iona and Peter Opie were twentieth-century pioneers. Their research and writing focused on the folklore of British children – their games, rhymes, ...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to the key theoretical perspectives and methodologies in developmental psychology. It integrat...

Originally published in 1974, a wide and interesting set of intellectual abilities in children are examined here. Volume 1 of 4 (Organization of Le...