Child and Adolescent Development for Educators with Free Making the Grade CD-ROM

by Judith L. Meece

Unlike other child and adolescent development textbooks, Child and Adolescent Development for Educators by Judith Meece is written specifically for teacher education majors and for professionals in the field of education. It focuses entirely on the development of school-age children and youth, and provides deep coverage of those topics of most immediate concern to teachers such as cognitive development, social and emotional development, language development, literacy, individual differences in development, and children with special needs. Few texts provide this depth of coverage. The author is an expert in teacher education, having taught child and adolescent development to education majors for over fourteen years. Child and Adolescent Development for Educators also helps students to see how developmental research can be applied in educational settings. Each chapter discusses the implication of research for teaching, and the text includes pedagogical features focusing on teaching applications. It is the only development textbook that emphasizes applications to educational settings in this way. For the revision new material has been added throughout the text, including a completely new chapter on peers and families and the expansion of the content on personal, social and moral development into two chapters. By the end of the text, students will have a clear understanding of the important role of schools and teachers in children’s lives.

Genres: Education, Psychology, Textbooks, Teaching

Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Judith Meece is the McMichael Professor of Education at the UNC School of Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Trained in developmental and educational psychology, Meece is affiliated with the Master of Arts in Teaching Program and the doctoral program in Applied Developmental Science and Special Education. She is a nationally recognized scholar in the field of achievement motivation and has provided professional development for teachers to enhance student academic engagement and motivation in schools across the country. Her research focuses on the role of classroom and school environments in the development of adolescent’s academic motivation and educational aspirations. Meece recently directed a large national study on the postsecondary transition of rural youth to careers, college, and adult life. Meece’s research has been supported by grants from the Institute of Education Sciences, National Science Foundation, and Spencer Foundation. Meece is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 15), and served as the Division's President in 2012.

Reviews

[Keri]

worst editing ever.

[Nicole M. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sooo many typos in this book, I don't know what I should even believe.

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful. Useless. Waste of money.