Synopses & Reviews
Child Development and Education, Third Edition
Teresa M. McDevitt and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
The Only Comprehensive Development Text Written Specifically for Educators
More than any other development text, McDevitt/Ormrod spells out the practical implications of development theory and research and provides concrete applications for educators to take into the classroom.
- Development and Practice features offer developmentally appropriate concrete strategies for facilitating student development and learning.
- Observation Guidelines tables help students learn to observe developmental nuances in children and adolescents.
- New! Applying Concepts in Child Development tables at the end of each chapter provides scenarios connected to developmental concepts and allow students to practice applying their knowledge of development in making educational decisions.
The Difference Between Reading About Development and Seeing It
More than any other text, McDevitt/Ormrod illustrates concepts with case studies; artifacts from journals, sketchbooks, and schoolwork; and digital video footage.
- Each chapter begins and ends with a Case Study and includes other integrated vignettes.
- New! Interpreting Children’s Artifacts and Actions feature provides practice in evaluating student work and applying new knowledge authentically.
- A set of 3 CDs with video segments, Observing Children and Adolescents, allows students to explore 14 topics, including Memory, Friendship, and Families, from the perspective of children from five age groups.
New and Expanded Content
- New coverage of development in reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, art, and music is added in Chapter 10, “Development in the Content Domains.”
- Separate chapters on Prenatal Development (Chapter 3) and Physical Development (Chapter 4) are included.
- Concrete practice for students in applying developmental concepts in educational settings receives even greater emphasis throughout the text and in new features like Interpreting Children’s Artifacts and Actions and Applying Concepts in Child Development.
Review
"I absolutely love the applied approach that is taken in this textbook and believe that this type of approach is optimal for preservice teachers in their understanding of child development...I find the artifacts to be beneficial to my students (especially teaching majors) by providing them with “evidence” in the developmental processes of children."
-Kristen K. Williams, Ball State University
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. Making a Difference in the Lives of Children and Adolescents
Picture Book: The Wild Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 |
Picture Book: Leo the Late Bloomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
Activity: Name Droppers . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
Chapter 2. Using Research to Understand Children and Adolescents
Picture Book: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day . . . | 9 |
Picture Book: First Year Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
Activity: Research-O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 12 |
Chapter 3. Biological Beginnings
Picture Book: On the Day You Were Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
Picture Book: Happy Birth Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
Activity: The Baby Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
Chapter 4. Physical Development
Picture Book: Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
Picture Book: Love You Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 22 |
Activity: Food for Thought . . . and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
Chapter 5. Family, Culture, and Community
Picture Book: You Are My I Love You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 26 |
Picture Book: I Hate English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
Activity: Triarama: Cradles of Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 28 |
Chapter 6. Cognitive Development: Piaget and Vygotsky
Picture Book: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
Picture Book: The Three Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
Activity: Compare and Contrast Piaget and Vygotsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
Chapter 7. Cognitive Development: Cognitive Processes
Picture Book: Memory Concepts in Various Picture Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
Picture Book: Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
Activity: Information Processing Ladder Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
Chapter 8. Intelligence
Picture Book: Insects Are My Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 40 |
Picture Book: I Miss Franklin P. Schuckles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
Activity: Take a Culturally Specific Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 42 |
Chapter 9. Language Development
Picture Book: Hooway for Wodney Wat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44 |
Picture Book: Marianthe’s Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45 |
Activity: Appreciating Black English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 46 |
Chapter 10. Development in the Content Domains
Picture Book: Froggy Bakes a Cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 48 |
Picture Book: Thank You, Mr. Falker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . | 49 |
Activity: Math Curse Brochure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 51 |
Chapter 11. Emotional Development
Picture Book: Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
Picture Book: How Are You Peeling? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
Activity: Charades: When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry . . . . . . . . . . | 56 |
Activity: Erikson’s Stages of Emotional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
Chapter 12. Development of Self and Social Understanding
Picture Book: The Sissy Duckling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60 |
Picture Book: Once there were Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 62 |
Picture Book: Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
Chapter 13. Development of Motivation and Self-Regulation
Picture Book: David Gets in Trouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
Picture Book: Pink and Say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 66 |
Activity: Willy the Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68 |
Chapter 14. Peers, School, and Society
Picture Book: Wemberly Worried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
Activity: T is for Teachers: An Alphabet Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 75 |
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