"A sparkling set of essays at the confluence of developmental psychology and feminist theory. This sophisticated collection bubbles over with provocative and vigorously argued ideas, novel questions, and innovative modes of inquiry. It's a gem." -- Jeanne Maracek, Professor of Psychology and Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at Swarthmore College "Miller and Scholnick's book is cause for celebration: at long last, a feminist perspective on developmental psychology. The ideas presented in this book transform the study of sex differences." -- Peggy Miller, Professor of Psychology and Speech Communication at the University of Illinois "Toward a Feminist Developmental Psychology combines critical analysis with generative, positive frameworks for improving both theory and practice." -- Erica Burman, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at The Manchester Metropolitan University
I. Feminist Perspectives and Developmental Psychology:What are the Issues? 1. Introduction: Beyond Gender as a Variable Patricia H. Miller and Ellin KofskyScholnick 2. Feminist Theories: Implications for Developmental Psychology Sue V. Rosser and Patricia H.Miller 3. Engendering Development: Metaphors of Change Ellin Kofsky Scholnick II. CognitiveDevelopment: Embedded, Connected, and Situated 4. The Development of Interconnected Thinking Patricia H.Miller 5. Entering a Community of Minds: "Theory of Mind" from a Feminist Standpoint Katherine Nelson,Sarah Henseler, and Daniela Plesa 6. Accuracy, Authority, and Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory Robyn Fivush 7. A Feminist Perspective on the Devlopment of Self-Knowledge Melissa K. Welch-Ross III.Revisioning Social and Cognitive Development 8. The Social Construction and Socialization of Gender during Development Campbell Leaper 9. Toward a Gender-Balanced Approach to the Study of Social-Emotional Development: A Look at Relational Aggression Nicki R.Crick and Amanda J. Rose 10. Gender Essentialism in Cognitive Development Susan A. Gelman and Marianne G.Taylor 11. Positionality and Thought: On the Gendered Foundations of Thought, Culture, and Development Rachel Joffe Falmagne 12. Naming, Naturalizing, Normalizing: "The Child" as Fact and Artifact Lorraine Code IV. The Other Half of thePartnership: Developmental Psychology Can InformFeminism 13. Engendering Development - Developing Feminism: Defining the Partnership Ellin KofskyScholnick and Patricia H. Miller
Patricia H. Miller is Professor of Psychology and an affiliate member in Women's Studies at the University of Florida. She is the author of Theories of DevelopmentalPsychology and co-author of Cognitive Development andConceptual Development: Piaget's Legacy
EllinKofsky Scholnick is Professor of Psychology and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park. She is a co-author of The DevelopmentalPsychology of Planning: Why, How, and When Do We Plan?,Blueprints for Thinking: The Role of Planning inCognitive Development, and Conceptual Development:Piaget's Legacy.