Understanding Child Development

Designed for teachers in training and teachers in service whose major interest is in the development of the pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and primary child. For students, it introduces the unique qualities of the young child as distinguished from the older child. For in service teachers, the text offers an opportunity to evaluate their views of the young child and compare them with the views presented in the text. In each section of the book, critical social and cultural factors are related to development as well as the roles of play, technology and the atypical child.