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From Birth to Sixteen
Children's Health, Social, Emotional and Linguistic Development
- By Helen Cowie.
Published February 2012
From Birth to Sixteen outlines children’s physical, social, emotional and language development from infancy through to adolescence. In both its practical application of research and its contribution to the assessment of child development, this text provides essential reading for those studying, or…
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Emerging Topics on Father Attachment
Considerations in Theory, Context and Development
- Edited by Lisa A. Newland, Harry S. Freeman and Diana D. Coyl.
Published November 2011
This book is the first of its kind to focus specifically on children’s attachment to fathers, and explores the connections among fathering, family dynamics, and attachment relationships. It includes theoretical, methodological and research reports written by an interdisciplinary group of…
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Child's Conception of the World
Selected Works vol 1
Author details coming soon.Published November 2011
Origin of Intelligence in the Child
Selected Works vol 3
Author details coming soon.Published November 2011
Evolutionary Playwork
- By Bob Hughes.
Published September 2011
Play is a crucial component in the development of all children. In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic playwork text, Bob Hughes explores the complexities of children’s play, its meaning and purpose, and argues that adult-free play is essential for the psychological well-being of…
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Young People, Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations
- Edited by Stuart Aitken, Fernando Bosco, Thomas Herman and Kate Swanson.
Published May 2011
Drawing from discussions that pulled together child researchers working near the borders of Mexico, the United States and Canada, this book explores how material and metaphoric borders give way to young people's experimentations with cultural, social and political change. The contributors…
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Social Understanding and Social Lives
From Toddlerhood through to the Transition to School
- By Claire Hughes.
Published March 2011
Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in children’s social understanding between toddlerhood and the early school years. However, it is still unclear why some children’s awareness of others' thoughts and feelings lags so far behind that of their peers. Based on…
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Handbook of Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance
- Edited by Barry J. Zimmerman, and Dale H. Schunk.
Published March 2011
Self-regulated learning (or self-regulation) refers to the process whereby learners personally activate and sustain cognitions, affects, and behaviours that are systematically oriented toward the attainment of learning goals. This is the first volume to integrate into a single volume all aspects of…
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Children’s Food Practices in Families and Institutions
- Edited by Punch, Ian McIntosh and Ruth Emond.
Published February 2011
This book brings together recent UK studies into children’s experiences and practices around food in a range of contexts, linking these to current policy and practice perspectives. It reveals that food works not only on a material level as sustenance but also on a symbolic level as something that…
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Play in Early Childhood
From Birth to Six Years
- By Mary D. Sheridan, Justine Howard and Dawn Alderson.
Published December 2010
Based on the pioneering work of Mary D. Sheridan, Play in Early Childhood is a classic introductory text to play and development – key topics for all those who work with young children. Updated for a contemporary audience and fully evidence-based, it explains how children’s play develops and how…
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