Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 624 p.)
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ill
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25 cm
Content:
"This book has been written for undergraduates, graduates, and teachers who wish to understand the principles of human development which have most significance for working with children and adolescents in the classroom. We have put forth a hypothesis of the basic universal driving force of human life. From this we have developed implications which seem both to follow logically and to fit the best and most recent findings of research. On the basis of these implications we have postulated techniques of obtaining more detailed and specific knowledge about individuals and groups. Then with the basic understandings and their implications, and the specific information as a background, we have proposed ways of working with children which are consistent with the original basic point of view. Thus we hope the ideas and concepts in this book are a totality, that they are not isolated "truths" which may well be mutually contradictory when seen against a background of basic assumptions. Our particular approach derives from the conviction that individuals are basically the same from infancy to old age. They have the same motivating force, the same needs, satisfied in very similar ways. We feel that the understanding of the physical and psychological developmental patterns combined with comprehension of what the child is trying to accomplish help a teacher more than any of the other approaches. Applications for the teacher and to teaching have been stressed throughout the book. It is primarily concerned with the school-age child from 6 to 18. The concepts developed and the illustrations used are those we feel will give the teacher the most help in understanding and working with children"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2014; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2014 dcunns
Language:
English
