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Educational psychology in a changing world Gerda Siann and Denis C. E. Ugwuegbu

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London Unwin Hyman 1988Edition: 2ndDescription: xvi, 255 pages. ill. 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0044451571 (pbk.)
  • 9780044451570 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1051
Contents:
Part 1 The world of childhood: the needs of children; the early years at home; language development and the functions of play; cognitive development. Part 2 The primary school years: social and emotional adjustment in the primary school years; learning, cognition and instruction. Part 3 Adolescence and youth: developmental changes in adolescence; the adolescent in society. Part 4 School and society: the school as a social system; the school and its social setting; the nature and assessment of intelligence and the assessment of academic achievement.
Summary: This work discusses the development of children in Third World countries. It lays emphasis on the home background and the effect it may have on the child's ability to integrate into a formal educational system which owes much to its origins outside the indigenous country.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf LB1051 SIA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 36699 Available BK97223
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf LB1051 SIA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 148628 Available BK135226

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 The world of childhood: the needs of children; the early years at home; language development and the functions of play; cognitive development. Part 2 The primary school years: social and emotional adjustment in the primary school years; learning, cognition and instruction. Part 3 Adolescence and youth: developmental changes in adolescence; the adolescent in society. Part 4 School and society: the school as a social system; the school and its social setting; the nature and assessment of intelligence and the assessment of academic achievement.

This work discusses the development of children in Third World countries. It lays emphasis on the home background and the effect it may have on the child's ability to integrate into a formal educational system which owes much to its origins outside the indigenous country.

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