A&B Online Tour: Cook & Cook, Principles & Perspectives

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Features

	Exploring Different Perspectives
	The Active Learning System
	Study Aid

Features

Exploring Different Perspectives
Three different "Perspective" boxes — "Personal," "Professional," and "Social Policy" — appear in each chapter, inviting students to consider chapter topics from a variety of viewpoints. The authors introduce readers to people involved in child development from all walks of life — from parents, teachers, and social workers to scholars, researchers, and therapists. These perspectives provide students with an opportunity to see how child development information is useful in a wide variety of professional, personal, and controversial situations. They also help stimulate lively classroom discussions.

A Professional Perspective Presented as an interview, this feature allows students to "meet" a child development professional and read about the challenges these professionals face and the unique ways in which they approach these challenges. Each chapter features a different type of professional — from a genetic counselor to a juvenile probation officer — and provides an understanding of how various professionals apply the study of child development to their work.

Interviews include:

A social worker: working with children A midwife: inside her job A physical therapist: working with children A constructivist teacher: teaching concepts A school psychologist: IQ testing A speech language pathologist: speech development A counseling psychologist: children with emotional problems A school guidance counselor: stereotypes and self esteem A media executive: catering to children A juvenile probation officer: delinquency

A Personal Perspective Also presented as an interview, this feature allows students to hear the personal feelings of a parent, child, or adolescent who is experiencing something discussed in the chapter. It allows students to see how real people of all backgrounds relate to child development issues.

Interviews include:

A couple expecting their first child A woman who underwent artificial insemination Parents of a very premature baby An adolescent discusses changes during puberty A parent discusses how he/she helped their children learn The parent of an ADHD child A Jumpstart volunteer Parents discuss their child’s bilingualism An African-American woman discusses developing an ethnic identity Several parents discuss discipline techniques A middle school child discusses the challenges of the transition to middle school Children and adolescents tell their favorite play/leisure activities A musically gifted teen discusses his talent

A Social Policy Perspective A Social Policy Perspective shows students how the field of child development can inform government officials, community service agencies, and others who have a wide-ranging effects on the lives of children. This feature highlights the ways in which programs, laws, regulations, and other governing aspects of society can affect children and asks students to think about the impact of social policies.

Interviews include:

Every day in America statistics Protecting genetic privacy The case of Miss Ann Crawley The Mozart Effect: Real or Myth? When should children start school? Eyewitness testimony in court from children IQ and ethnicity Educating bilingual children Family leave policies in selected countries How should we deal with aggressive students? Sex education in schools Should parents need a license? Project Head Start Protecting children from neglect

The Active Learning System
Child Development: Principles and Perspectives engages students in the critical thinking process from the very first page. Reviewers agree that the authors have produced an extremely effective, integrated, active learning system. The book’s unique features work together to support learning that is contextualized, meaningful, and motivating —helping students better understand, apply, and retain key concepts.

A Perspective to Think About
Each chapter begins with A Perspective to Think About, a case study about someone who is in a difficult or vulnerable situation. These unique scenarios provide students with real-life examples in which a better understanding of child development research and theory could be useful. The case study is revisited throughout the chapter using Thinking Of notes (see below) and reviewed at the end of the chapter in Thinking Back (see on next page).

Thinking Of Notes
As students read through the chapter, Thinking Of Notes in the margins ask them to reflect on what they’ve read and to provide advice or solutions to the opening situation in A Perspective to Think About. These features encourage students to actively apply what they have learned thus far.

Thinking Back
At the end of each chapter Thinking Back features offer a number of suggestions on how the chapter content could be used to advise the characters described in A Perspective to Think About for that chapter. The authors don't give "hard and fast answers," but rather summarize the connections that students could have made.

Your Perspective Notes
Found in the margins throughout the text, these notes ask students to think about how the material they have just read applies to their own lives. These questions are designed to not only invoke inner thought, but to also, conversely, ignite classroom discussion.

Study Aids
Study aids found throughout the chapter complete the active learning system, with each component being visually linked to the others for navigational ease and reinforcement.

Preview Questions
Each major section of a chapter begins with several "Preview Questions" that will orient students’ thinking toward the material. Like "A Perspective to Think About," the "Preview Questions" will provide a framework for learning.

Let’s Review Questions
The major sections in each chapter end with a set of "Let’s Review Questions," which include a combination of multiple-choice and true-false questions concerning the material just covered. These questions are meant to be relatively general and moderately easy — not the kinds of brain-busters that students usually learn to avoid. The answers are provided below and upside down, so in just a few seconds this feature can give students quick feedback on their understanding of the material.

Chapter Summary
Each chapter concludes with a Chapter Summary in a question-and-answer format, reminding students about the main questions addressed in the chapter and giving a quick summary of the most important concepts.

Running Glossary
A running glossary of key terms appears in the margin.

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