Early Child Development in the 21st Century - Profiles of Current Research Initiatives

This single-volume resource provides detailed information on current large-scale and longitudinal research studies focusing on early childhood development--the situations and experiences of young American children.

About the author

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Allison Sidle Fuligni is a Research Scientist at the UCLA Center for the Improvement of Child Care Quality. Lisa J. Berlin is a Research Scholar at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University.

Summary

This text provides detailed information on current large-scale and longitudinal research studies focusing on early childhood development. Twenty-eight studies are profiled, addressing such issues as early childhood interventions for children in poverty and the role of fathers in families.

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
• Assisted by: Lisa Berlin (Editor), Lisa J. Berlin (Editor), Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Editor), Allison Sidle Fuligni (Editor), Allison Sidle Fuligni (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2003
• EAN: 9780807743362
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-4336-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 227 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 603 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries