Childhood Friendships and Peer Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Childhood Friendships and Peer Relations write by Barry Schneider. This book was released on 2016-03-10. Childhood Friendships and Peer Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the second edition of his unique study of peer relationships in childhood, Dr Barry Schneider re-examines this fundamental aspect of childhood. Taking the work of Jacob Moreno as its starting point, the book provides an up-to-date and accessible understanding of how children develop social competence in different environments, from school to cyberspace. It is informed by a cross-cultural perspective that examines how peer relationships vary in different cultures, as well as among children who have migrated to a new culture, and provides increased coverage of how bullying is perceived and managed within peer groups. The book is informed, too, by new research techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, which mean we know far more about how children relate to each other than ever before. Childhood Friendships and Peer Relations is a fascinating and very timely overview of what we know about making friends and enemies in childhood, showing how these relationships can have lasting effects. It will be essential reading to all students of Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology, as well as anyone training towards a career working with children and young people.
Friendship and Peer Relations in Children
Friendship and Peer Relations in Children - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Friendship and Peer Relations in Children write by Phil Erwin. This book was released on 1993. Friendship and Peer Relations in Children available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study attempts to demonstrate that social relationships are an integral part of a child's broader social and psychological functioning. Chapters are arranged in developmental order in the sense of both age and relationship growth, moving from initial attachments to peer friendships.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods
From Neurons to Neighborhoods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Neurons to Neighborhoods write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2000-11-13. From Neurons to Neighborhoods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.
Friends and Enemies
Friends and Enemies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Friends and Enemies write by Barry Schneider. This book was released on 2014-02-25. Friends and Enemies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood
Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood write by K.H. Rubin. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Amy Rubin, the seven-year-old daughter of one of this volume's editors, was discussing with her close friend Kristin,. her teacher's practice of distributing stickers to her classmates for completing their seat work. As the conversation continued, Joshua, Amy's two-year-old brother (al though Amy would argue that he more often resembles an albatross around her neck) sauntered up to the older children. He flashed a broad smile, hugged his sister, and then grabbed her book of stickers. Corey Ross, the nine-year-old son of the other editor was trying to plan a tobogganing party with his friend Claire. The problem facing Corey and Claire was that there were too few toboggans to go around for their grade four classmates. Jordan, Corey's younger brother had agreed to lend his toboggan. However, Harriet, Claire's younger sister and Jordan's close friend had resisted all persuasive attempts to borrow her toboggan. The older children decided that the best strategy was to use Jordan's friendship with Harriet and his good example of sibling generosity in presenting thejr case to Harriet. Both of these anecdotes exemplify what this volume on peer relation ships and social skills is about. Children have friends with whom they discuss issues of perceived social significance. During the early elemen tary school years, rather sophisticated conversations and debates con cerning topics of reward distribution, altruism, person perception, social status, sibling relations, and cooperation can be overheard (especially by eavesdropping parents who have professional interests in such matters).
