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Peer Groups and Children´s Development
Christine Howe
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Description for Peer Groups and Children´s Development
Paperback. Peer Groups and Children's Development considers the experiences of school-aged children with their peer groups - in both formal and informal settings - and the implications of these experiences for their social, personal and intellectual development. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 248 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JMC; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 362.
Peer Groups and Children's Development considers the experiences of school-aged children with their peer groups and its implications for their social, personal and intellectual development
- Focuses on the peer group experiences of children attending school in Western societies, from five years of age through to adolescence
- Considers peer groups in classrooms, friendships made within and outside of school, and the groups that children participate in for extra-curricular activities
- Includes a final summary which brings together the significant implications for theory, policy and practice
- Unique in that no other volume reviews and integrates literature relating to peer groups in both classroom and out-of-class settings
- Addresses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Understanding Children's Worlds
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405179447
SKU
V9781405179447
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Christine Howe
Christine Howe is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College. Previously she was Professor of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde. Her main research interests are peer interaction and conceptual growth, children's reasoning in mathematics and science, and communication and social relations among children. In addition to publishing seven books and over 100 ... Read more
Reviews for Peer Groups and Children´s Development
"Both undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in education, child psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology would find the book, or particular chapters, useful as they explore the nature of peer groups in educational settings. Researchers in psychology will become better aware of the many facets of school and classroom life that should be considered when ... Read more