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Educational Psychology
CONTENTS
Section 1: The Nature of Child Development
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Science of Child Development
Section 2: Biologial Processes, Physical Development, and
Perceptual Development
Chapter 3: Biological Beginnings
Chapter 4: Prenatal Development and Birth
Chapter 5: Physical Development and Health
Chapter 6: Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development
Section 3: Cognition and Language
Chapter 7: Cognitive Development Approaches
Chapter 8: Information Processing
Chapter 9: Intelligence
Chapter 10: Language Development
Section 4: Socioemotional Development
Chapter 11: Emotional Development
Chapter 12: The Self and Identity
Chapter 13: Gender
Chapter 14: Moral Development
Section 5: Social Contexts of Development
Chapter 15: Families
Chapter 16: Peers
Chapter 17: Schools and Achievement
Chapter 18: Culture
Child & Adolescent Development
– Cases & Readers
NEW
CASES IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS
Nancy Defrates-Densch, Northern Illinois University
2008 / 224 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-352585-3 / MHID: 0-07-352585-5
Available: June 2007
Containing more than 40 cases, with subjects ranging from
preschool to high school students, Case Studies in Child and
Adolescent Development for Teachers brings developmental
issues to life. The reality-based cases address a variety of
developmental issues, giving teachers and future teachers the
opportunity to think critically about the way development
influences the educational environment and to reflect on their
own classroom practice.
CONTENTS
Case 1: The Accident (Early Childhood) — A kindergarten student
has an accident in school.
Case 2: Recess (Middle/late childhood) — Young boys have
recess taken away from them as a disciplinary action.
Case 3: Please Don’t Pick Me! (Early adolescence) — A 13-yearold
boy has an embarrassing reaction to a girl in his algebra class.
Case 4: I Can’t Go Back to School (Early adolescence) — A 3-
year-old girl’s menstrual period starts in class.
Case 5: Socks (Early adolescence) — A 12-year-old girl has some
wardrobe problems.
Case 6: Late Bloomer (Late adolescence) — A talented athlete is
left behind due to late physical development.
Case 7: Body Image ( Late adolescence) — An overweight
teenager changes her look and her attitude.
Case 8: Plotting (Early adolescence) — Young adolescents
conspire against their teacher.
Case 9: Case 9: Symbolism? (Late adolescence) — High school
students vary in their ability to understand the symbolism and
satire in literature.
Case 10: Songs (Early Childhood) — Songs help young children
to remember things, such as the alphabet.
Case 11: Chanting (Late adolescence) — High school students
learn to conjugate Latin verbs by chanting.
Case 12: What on Earth? (Early Childhood) — A young, gifted
child challenges his teacher with the questions he asks and the
answers he gives.
Case 13: Challenge (Early adolescence) — A young adolescent
begs for challenge in interesting ways.
Case 14: I Can Read! (Middle/late childhood) — Struggling
readers learn with assistance.
Case 15: Mine! (Early Childhood) — The need to share upsets a
pre-K student.
Case 16: Tragedy (Early adolescence) — Adolescent girls react
with extreme emotions to tragedy.
Case 17: Depressed (Late adolescence) — An adolescent copes
with depression and suicidal ideation.
Case 18: Who am I Now? (Middle/late childhood) — A young
boy who identifies himself as an athlete becomes ill.
Case 19: Pants (Early adolescence) — A young adolescent male
wears red faux leather pants to school.
Case 20: (Almost) All Grown Up, Now Where Do I Go? (Late
adolescence) — A high school student struggles to decide what
she wants to do with the rest of her life.
Case 21: Dolls and Soldiers (Early Childhood) — Differences in
boys’ and girls’ free play in kindergarten, and children who cross
over.
Case 22: Hallway Horseplay (Early adolescence) — Someone
gets hurt when young adolescent boys engage in horseplay in
the hall.
Case 23: Communication (Late adolescence) — Adolescent
boys and girls don’t understand the other group’s style of
communication.
Case 24: You’re Gonna Get in Trouble (Early Childhood) — A
young child believes that doing something bad automatically
results in punishment.
Case 25: I TOLD You…(Middle/late childhood) — A young boy
tells his teacher about another student hitting him. He takes
matters into his own hands when he is dissatisfied with the results
of telling.
Case 26: Rules and Consequences (Early adolescence) — A young
adolescent balks at the rules and consequences his teachers deem
necessary.
Case 27: Morality or Health? (Late adolescence) — High school
students discuss sex in terms of a moral issue and a health issue.
Case 28: Parental Involvement (Early Childhood) — A parent
becomes over-involved in her child’s schooling.
Case 29: Divorce (Middle/late childhood) — A child copes with
divorce while trying to learn multiplication.
Case 30: The Target (Middle/late childhood) — A child is
neglected and abused by his stepmother. The school attempts
to intervene.
Case 31: Sit with Us—Or Else (Early Adolescence) — A seventhgrade
girl is torn between spending time with her best friend and
the “popular” girls who have begun to take a notice in her.
Case 32: Rejection (Early adolescence) — Peers reject a young
adolescent.
Case 33: The Boy (Early adolescence) — All of the girls in sixth
grade like the same boy. One girl’s heart is broken when he does
not reciprocate her feelings.
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