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Bloomsbury Stanislavski An Introduction by Jean Benedetti
The Childhood & Growing Up (Perspective in Child and Adolescent Development) is a very valuable treatise in this area and it covers the latest curriculum of B. Ed. & M. Ed. Courses as prescribed by N.C.T.E. for 2 Years plan. This book provides the insight into the important changes and notable differences that take place during the development of the children. The whole content of the present book is conveniently divided into five chapters so that the prospective teachers may understand the various perspectives of development. The first chapter is related to various approaches of human development-the growth, principles of development, stages of human development, characteristics, problems, needs and aspiration of child and adolescence and various types of development like physical, motor, intellectual, emotional and social. The second chapter is mainly concerned with various theories of development-like Freud theory of personality, Erikson theory of personality development, Jean Piaget theory of cognitive development, Kohlberg's theory of moral development and Goldstien theory of emotional development which are considered as logical explanations of the things that happen and based on systematic integration of the prior findings at that time so that better understanding of children and adolescents can be done. The chapter third is concerned with childhood as a period of socialization, this is the age when depending of toddlerhood is over and extents upto sexual maturity in children.