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

ISBN-13: 9780807743362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str.

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Allison Sidle Fuligni; Lisa J. Berlin

Opis

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. Twenty-eight studies are profiled, addressing such issues as early childhood interventions for children in poverty, neighborhood characteristics and residence patterns of children and their families, the role of fathers in families, school readiness and the transition to school, and maternal employment issues, including child care and welfare reform.