Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support, International Edition - Softcover

Berns, Roberta

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9781133049920: Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support, International Edition

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ISBN 10: 1133049923 ISBN 13: 9781133049920

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2012

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The best-selling "International Edition of Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization And Support", now in its Ninth Edition, offers an excellent introduction to socialization that is grounded in a powerful conceptual framework - Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model of Human Development. Examining how the school, family, and community influence children's socialization, this text addresses complex issues in a clear, comprehensive fashion. An enjoyable read, it's packed with meaningful, timely examples and effective study tools that ensure you gain a solid understanding of chapter concepts. A sensitive presentation of diversity issues includes matters related to culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and special needs. Updated throughout, this edition features a stronger emphasis on NAEYC and DAP standards as well as new information on diversity in all forms, technology and the impact of media, bullying, and other topics.

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Part I: HOW DO ECOLOGY AND SOCIALIZATION IMPACT CHILD DEVELOPMENT? 1. Ecology of the Child. 2. Ecology of Socialization. PART II: WHERE AND HOW DOES SOCIALIZATION TAKE PLACE? 3. Ecology of the Family. 4. Ecology of Parenting. 5. Ecology of Nonparental Child Care. 6. Ecology of the School. 7. Ecology of Teaching. 8. Ecology of the Peer Group. 9. Ecology of the Mass Media. 10. Ecology of the Community. Part III: WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES? 11. Emotional and Cognitive Socialization Outcomes. 12. Social and Behavioral Socialization Outcomes.

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Roberta Berns is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Saddleback College, where she founded and chaired the Human Development Department. Berns also was a student of renowned developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University. She lives in California with her husband, a professor of bioengineering. They have two children (one, an English professor and the other, a professor of neuroscience) and two grandchildren.

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