Social Development and Education (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

M. V. O'shea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330531868 ISBN 13: 9781330531860

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book examines the development of sociable behavior in children, tracing its evolution from infancy through adolescence. The author, a leading expert in child development, draws on extensive observations and research to uncover the psychological and social factors that influence how children form and maintain relationships. The book explores the gradual transformation of children's social instincts, from the initial attachment to caregivers to the complex dynamics of peer groups and adolescent social stratification. It sheds light on how children learn to cooperate, communicate, and resolve conflicts, emphasizing the crucial role of social experiences in shaping their emotional and cognitive development. Overall, this book offers a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the nature and significance of social behavior in children, providing valuable insights for parents, educators, and anyone interested in the social and emotional well-being of young people.

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Excerpt from Social Development and Education In Part I of this volume, I have attempted first to describe the typical attitudes which the child tends to assume toward the persons with whom he comes into contact in the ordinary situations of daily life, and to explain these attitudes in view of certain fundamental principles of mental development. To this end I have presented the results of observations of children's reactions under a variety of social conditions, the aim being to detect if possible the "natural" or impulsive tendencies in their responses. Then, in the second place, it has been my purpose to trace the changes in the child's adjustments to people which seem normally to occur in the process of development. This has required a mode of procedure in which the individual is followed from infancy to maturity along the several routes which lead to efficiency in social adaptation; and the ever-present question has been whether the child would on his own initiative follow these routes, or whether if left to himself he would stop on the way, or turn off in other directions. It has been my constant effort to note the actual tendencies of the child at different stages in his evolution, without regard to prevailing popular or theoretical conceptions of what he is or what he ought to be or to do. I have undertaken in Part II certain phases of the difficult and interminable task of outlining a plan and method of education designed to make the individual socially efficient. My point of view might properly, I think, be said to be that of the naturalist rather than that of the logician or philosopher, or even the moralist or idealist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections p

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330531868
• ISBN 13: 9781330531860
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 579