Child and Adolescent Development

Book by Anet Elizabeth Louw and D. A. Louw

Originally published: 2007

Foundations Child and Adolescent Development CONTENTS BRIEFING NOTES FOR FACILITATORS Page
Introduction............................................................................................................. 2 Topic 1: Defining
Children and Childhood .............................................................. 6 Topic 2: Introducing Child Development
Thinking into Programme Planning....... 10 Topic 3: Risk and Resilience in Children and
Adolescents................................... 15 Topic 4: Some Critical Threats to Child Development in Emergency
Situations .. 20 Topic 5: Promoting Child and Adolescent Development in Programming ............ 29 Topic
6: Action in “the Best Interests of the Child” ............................................... 35 Topic 7: Child and
Adolescent Participation ......................................................... 41 Sample
Programmes............................................................................................ 47 TRAINING MATERIALS
Overheads............................................................................................................ 55
Exercises .............................................................................................................. 80
Handouts ............................................................................................................ 128 RESOURCES Further
Readings and Websites.....................................................................

experimental, survey, correlational, semi-experimental, review) 

IT COVERS A LOT SURVEY AS WELL AS DATA GATHERINGS THAT MAKE THE
RESEARCH VALID AND TRUE.

The process of child development can be described as transactional: children and adolescents are not
the passive subjects of socialisation, but play a central role in their own development

IT SERVES AS ONE OF THE FACTORS WHEREIN TEACHERS ALREADY HAD AN IDEA HOW TO INTRODUCE
HIS OR HER LESSON BY JUST FINDING OUT THEIR STUDENTS INTERESTS IN LEARNING

2.

Child and Adolescent Development for Educators

Textbook by Judith Meece
Originally published: 1997

1. Introduction

2. Theories of Child and Adolescent Development

3. Research Methods

4. Genetic and Chromosomal Disorders

 5. Issues in Conception and Birthing

6. Sensation and Perception

7. Cognition – Piagetian and Information-Processing Approaches

8. Language and Intelligence

9. Socio-Emotional Development

10. Moral Development

11. Diversity and Gender Development

12. Peer Relations

13. Developmental Psychopathology

14. Implications for Educators

 Correlational (e.g., case-control study, observational study)

 Experimental (e.g., field experiment, controlled experiment, quasi-experiment)
 helping future teachers to create an environment that promotes optimal development in children.

IT PROVIDES REAL AND RESEARCH BASED SURVEY PROMOTING EFFECTIVE METHODS THAT
CAN BE USED INSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TECHNIUES TO TEACHERS FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING.

3. Child and Adolescent Development

Book by Anita Woolfolk Hoy and Nancy E. Perry
Originally published: 14 March 2011
Authors: Nancy E. Perry, Anita Woolfolk Hoy

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Dimensions of Development

Chapter 2: Theory and Research in Child Development

Chapter 3: Genetics, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Chapter 4: Infancy and Toddlerhood

Chapter 5: Physical Development in Early Childhood

Chapter 6: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Chapter 7: Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood

Chapter 8: Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Chapter 10: Social Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Chapter 11: Physical Development in Adolescence

Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Chapter 13: Social Emotional Development in Adolescence

and also its sub-type (experimental design, research problem, descriptive case-study).
it covers a wide range of relevant topics that undergraduates are interested in, it makes human
development theories accessible to undergraduates,
interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with
embedded video, video analysis exercises, and assessments. 
SERVES A PREPARATIONand ethical have far-reaching effects on children's ability to learn.