Description
This comprehensive, accessible, market-leading infant development (prenatal-age 3) core text for infant and early childhood development weaves together research, theory, and current issues of diversity of culture for students seeking to engage in the lives of our youngest children with understanding and compassion.
Author: Dana Gross
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 07/06/2023
Pages: 414
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9781538167267
ISBN10: 1538167263
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Counseling | General
- Education | Educational Psychology
- Education | Schools | Levels | Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kinder
About the Author
Dana Gross is professor of psychology at St. Olaf College, where she teaches infant development and developmental psychology. She has been a faculty member at St. Olaf since 1988. In teaching, research, and scholarship, she emphasizes the interplay of nature and nurture, cross-cultural variations in beliefs and practices, practical applications of research findings, ethical community engagement, and policy considerations. She has developed short-term study abroad courses in India, China, and Norway, as well as student assignments to promote global learning in her on-campus courses.