Child and Adolescent Development in Your Classroom

by Christi Crosby Bergin, David Bergin

Covering development from early childhood through high school in an easy-to-follow format, this book provides future teachers with authentic, research-based strategies and guidelines for their classrooms. The authors apply child development concepts to topics of high interest and relevance to teachers, including classroom discipline, constructivism, social-emotional development, and many others. A strong emphasis on diversity among children is reflected throughout. Case studies and real-world vignettes further bridge the distance between research and the classroom, helping future teachers be better prepared to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children.

Genres: Education

708 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Kaeli Wood]

this textbook was racist, sexist and transphobic, espoused an extremely america-centric worldview that testing = the only way to teach, learn and assess. it was very slut-shamey also, revealing a cultural mindset that was like. not explicitly christian but easy to see the christian values it takes for granted (commonlaw parents are not as good as married parents; teens having sex is just as bad as teens doing violence and drugs). just overall, quite out of touch. that said, it has given my education cohort much pleasure to bash this book, and we have bonded very much over our mutual hatred of it.

[Hillary]

I used this textbook for one of my undergrad courses, and surprisingly this text provides thoughtful organization and an easy-to-read and understand format. It gives relevant comparisons and real-life examples to material discussed throughout the text and I thought that each domain was explained clearly and adequately.

[Meredith]

Liked the vignettes, made it very easy to understand.

[Adam Gutschenritter]

I loved that this book focused on how to apply what you were learning in the classroom.