Seeing Young Children - Softcover

Warren R. Bentzen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401865569 ISBN 13: 9781401865566

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Seeing Young Children is an extensive guide to observing and recording the behavior of children from birth through age eight. This text uniquely blends the theoretical and practical aspects of observing and recording behavior. The author begins with a discussion of the basic meaning of observation and why it is so important to human functioning. General guidelines for observing children are an extremely important component of this text, as are the basic elements of observing and recording behavior. A full six chapters are dedicated to detailed discussions of eight recording techniques or instruments and the advantages and disadvantages of each. In what is perhaps the most important material of all, the author discusses the interpretation of one's observations, implementation of findings, and ongoing evaluation. And, finally, the last five chapters are dedicated to the actual observation exercises through which students can test their skills. Specific by age group, each chapter provides students with observation objectives, instructions as to procedure, and background information on many functional areas.

About this title

Review:

"The 6th edition continues to be solid in content regarding using systematic observation to understand and evaluate children's behavior and learning. I consider the included tables as the continued strength of the book. These tables describe milestones in child development in all domains. The tables are not only informative themselves, but they are very appropriate in the Overview part to fit the "guide" nature of the book." - Wenju Shen Ed.D, Valdosta State University, Georgia

"I believe that the 6th edition has new material that will be helpful. When I teach this course for the spring semester 2007, I plan to implement the Florence case studies and the practical exercises. Further, the in-depth discussions on the observation methods are useful for focus point study with students when needed." - Beverlyn Cain, Ed.D, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina

"I really like the way that Bentzen has added more examples of observations within each chapter and how he has made more comparisons across methods in each chapter as well. I also like the addition of "Florence's thinking" throughout various chapters." - Tisha Bennett Sanders, Ed.D., Vanderbilt University, Tennessee

About the Author:

Warren Bentzen is a retired Associate Professor from Plattsburgh State University College of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 1401865569
• ISBN 13: 9781401865566
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 478