Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective

by Jeffrey Trawick-Smith

Book Overview

Written for use in Early Childhood Development courses, or courses in Cultural Diversity. This successful text is the first of its kind to take a multicultural approach/focus to child development.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 013119805X
• ISBN13: 9780131198050
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This book arrived quickly and and perfect condition. It was 3/4 of the regular price, and it as good as a brand new book, as promised.

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Solid Alternative

Even though THE DEVELOPING CHILD (by Bee & Roberts Boyd) or Roz Charlesworth's CHILD DEVELOPMENT may off a little more thoroughness espeically in the infant/toddler area, Trawick-Smith's book will give you plenty of insight on Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, and the other big names of early child development. It doubles pretty well as a learning theories book aimed squarely at early childhood professionals, but I found myself wanting a little more explanation for each theory. He covers all of the concepts, but he somewhat rushes through them too much as if he can't overstep a certain page limit. It's good, though. Get if you really need it, however.

here's one for the library... hey, it makes you look smart.

I was required to read this book for a child development practicum course, and I was surprised that the text book was so easy to read and actually interesting. I usually borrow books and have no interest to hold on to them after I am done with the required work, but this book was worth buying. It presents information in an organized fashion and gives a personal anecdote with every chapter. I would recommend it as an addition to anyone's child development library, but then again, I did buy it with my parents money, being the poor college student that I am... anyhow; it's worth reading if you enjoy learning about child development (especially from a multicultural point of view.)