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  • Childhood into Adolescence

    Growing up in the 1970s

    by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    This book is about the lives of 11-year-old children growing up in a Midlands city in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Based on interviews with their parents, it describes family life at the time, as well as the experiences, hopes and concerns of the children as they themselves become adolescents. The book reflects upon the changes that occur for children in the transitional period between childhood ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Four Years Old in an Urban Community

    by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    Although psychologists by training, John and Elizabeth Newson have more aptly been described as pioneers in social ecology; they work from the conviction that the causes and the consequences of child-rearing attitudes can fruitfully be investigated only in the framework of the total social environment in which they occur. This book continues their analysis of child rearing in an English urban ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community

    by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community investigates the behavior and attitudes of 709 mothers towards their year-old babies. John and Elizabeth Newson, impatient with the voluminous and contradictory literature telling parents how their children should be brought up, decided to find out how they were being brought up. Infant Care in an Urban Community is focused on sources of advice that ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Four years Old in an Urban Community

    by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    John and Elizabeth Newson investigate the upbringing of seven hundred Nottingham children as they reach the age of four. Parents are interviewed in their homes with a realistic yet human approach and the minimum of technical jargon, and the open-ended questions allow them to produce 'a detailed and descriptive study of how parents do in fact treat their children and - equally important - how ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Perspectives on School at Seven Years Old

    Edited by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This volume looks at the social and intellectual forces which the child encounters in class-room and playground from the parent’s point of view. School and home are seen as the separate yet overlapping worlds of childhood – for some children more uncompromisingly separated than for others. In the social development of the child, school functions as a link between the kinds of demands (and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Toys and Playthings

    In Development and Remediation

    by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Child Development
    John and Elizabeth Newson were well known for their studies of child rearing, which have combined a rigorous research methodology with sympathetic insights into family life and a lively approach to scientific reporting. ‘Path-breaking’, ‘brilliant’, ‘seminal’, ‘outstanding’, ‘fascinating’, ‘enthralling’ and ‘enchanting’ are some of the adjectives used by critics to describe their previous books ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Seven Years Old in the Home Environment

    by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson ...
    Series series Psychology Library Editions: Child Development
    John and Elizabeth Newson’s long-term investigation of child up-bringing attracted intense interest from its earliest beginnings: ‘pathbreaking’ and ‘seminal’ were adjectives that greeted their first report. The study is now established as one of the major projects of the seventies.This third volume of the series catches some seven hundred Nottingham children at a critical stage of their ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • A Guide to Early Years Practice

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    This is a practical, accessible guide to early years practice. The author examines current theories about how children learn best and focuses on how we can support and extend the learning of young children. This fully revised edition discusses Birth to Three Matters, the new Childcare Bill and the development of children's centres, and has additional focus on the Foundation Stage ProfilePacked ... Read more

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  • Gifted Children Grown Up

    by Joan Freeman ...
    More than a quarter of a century ago, Joan Freeman began this study of 210 children, comparing the recognized gifted, the unrecognized gifted and their classmates. This book: describes what happened to them and their families as they grew up and coped with their different circumstances. It also looks at the problems they faced, often described in their own words and contains personal details from ... Read more

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  • Kiss me! How to raise your children with love

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    The Guardian bestseller! Kiss Me! is a book written in defence of children. In response to the many so-called expert theories that advocate the use of obsessive routines and excessive discipline, Dr. Carlos González renowned paediatrician and author of My Child Won't Eat! advocates raising children based on love, respect and freedom. González believes that children are good, selfless, generous, ... Read more

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