Child Development and Education

Comprehensive coverage of child and adolescent development written specifically for educators
Written by a developmentalist and an educational psychologist, Child Development and Education, 7th Edition, clearly shows those who will teach and care for children and adolescents how to apply developmental research and theory to their everyday practice. The book explores developmental phenomena and provides opportunities for readers to practice observations of and analyses of what children say, do, and create. This applied approach ensures that future educators can make informed decisions that meet children’s and adolescent’s needs.

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“"This text is impressive. Key strengths are: 1) the deliberate inclusion of application..; 2) the up-to-date treatment of topics, such as diversity and bullying; 3) in-depth attention to topics that are absolutely critical to education and other applied settings with children but often get less attention, such as self-regulation and temperament; 4) the eText supplemental materials, especially the videos, self-checks, and application features, are excellent complements to the text content and definitely increase the usefulness of this text for students of all levels... This work is superior to other texts I have used in my child psychology courses. It contains more sophistication in terms of depth of coverage, applied examples, detail, and coverage of timely topics." - Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln "Courses in education tend to cover pedagogy or methods and developmental psychologists talk about cognitive development and processes. This is one of the reasons I appreciate this text because it takes what we know from the literature in child development and allows the students to apply it to the educational setting... This text has always provided a great deal of resources for both the instructors and the students. It is a great text with a great deal of material to enhance student learning." - Laura Dinehart, Florida International University "I love this textbook... In every edition, there are... new features... [that] I love... Integrating technology, adopting the most up-to-date information and giving examples from real life make the textbook very rich, interactive, and easy to study. The authors have a sincere understanding of the nature of our students... This is the most useful and effective textbook I have ever used... [And] the eText features are very effective, timely, and appropriate... [and] make learning very interactive and engaging. The videos, self--assessments and interactive exercises are very powerful tools." - Nurun N. Begum, East Stroudsburg University "I think [ Child Development and Education ] does a great job bridging the gaps between theory and real life application. It gives great information, while also giving practical applications... All of the etext features are very user friendly, very important to the reader, and do so much for helping the reader understand and make sure they know the material and can be held responsible for it with confidence." - Nicola Montelongo, Texas A&M University, Commerce”

“This text is impressive. Key strengths are: 1) the deliberate inclusion of application..; 2) the up-to-date treatment of topics, such as diversity and bullying; 3) in-depth attention to topics that are absolutely critical to education and other applied settings with children but often get less attention, such as self-regulation and temperament; 4) the eText supplemental materials, especially the videos, self-checks, and application features, are excellent complements to the text content and definitely increase the usefulness of this text for students of all levels... This work is superior to other texts I have used in my child psychology courses. It contains more sophistication in terms of depth of coverage, applied examples, detail, and coverage of timely topics.”
– Kathleen Moritz Rudasill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

“Courses in education tend to cover pedagogy or methods and developmental psychologists talk about cognitive development and processes. This is one of the reasons I appreciate this text because it takes what we know from the literature in child development and allows the students to apply it to the educational setting... This text has always provided a great deal of resources for both the instructors and the students. It is a great text with a great deal of material to enhance student learning.”
– Laura Dinehart, Florida International University

“I love this textbook... In every edition, there are... new features...  [that] I love... Integrating technology, adopting the most up-to-date information and giving examples from real life make the textbook very rich, interactive, and easy to study. The authors have a sincere understanding of the nature of our students... This is the most useful and effective textbook I have ever used... [And] the eText features are very effective, timely, and appropriate... [and] make learning very interactive and engaging. The videos, self—assessments and interactive exercises are very powerful tools.”
– Nurun N. Begum, East Stroudsburg University

“I think [ Child Development and Education] does a great job bridging the gaps between theory and real life application. It gives great information, while also giving practical applications... All of the etext features are very user friendly, very important to the reader, and do so much for helping the reader understand and make sure they know the material and can be held responsible for it with confidence.”
– Nicola Montelongo, Texas A&M University, Commerce

About our authors

Teresa M. McDevitt is a psychologist with specializations in child development and educational psychology. She received a Ph.D. and M.A. in child development from Stanford University’s Psychological Studies in Education program, an Ed.S. in educational evaluation from Stanford University, and a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Now Professor Emerita of Psychological Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado, she served the University of Northern Colorado since 1985 in a variety of capacities—in teaching course in child psychology, human development, educational psychology, program evaluation and research methods; advisement of graduate students; administration and university governance and research and grant writing. Her research focuses on child development, families, and teacher education. She has published articles in Child Development, Learning and Individual Differences, Child Study Journal, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Youth and Society, and Science Education, among others. She has gained practical experiences with children, including by raising two children with her husband and working as an early childhood teacher of toddlers and preschool children, early childhood special education teacher, and volunteer in school and community settings. Teresa enjoys spending time with her husband, their sons and their be-loved partners, and, when she has the chance, traveling internationally with her family.

Jeanne Ellis Ormrod is an educational psychologist with specializations in learning, cognition, and child development. She received a Ph.D. and M.S. in educational psychology at The Pennsylvania State University and an A.B. in psychology from Brown University; she also earned licensure in school psychology through postdoctoral work at Temple University and the University of Colorado, Boulder. For many years she was a faculty member at the University of Northern Colorado, where she taught courses in learning and cognition, educational psychology, measurement and research methods; she is currently Professor Emerita of Psychological Sciences at UNC. Dr. Ormrod has published numerous research articles but is probably best known for this book and several others: Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (10th ed., 2020); Essentials of Educational Psychology (5th ed., 2018); Human Learning (8th ed., 2020); Our Minds, Our Memories: Enhancing Thinking and Learning at All Ages (2011) and Practical Research: Planning and Design (12th ed., 2019).

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