Child, Family, School, Community - Softcover

Roberta Berns

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495804851 ISBN 13: 9780495804857

Publisher: Wadsworth, 2009

Synopsis

Now in full color, best-selling CHILD, FAMILY, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY: SOCIALIZATION AND SUPPORT, International Edition, offers an excellent introduction to socialization. Examining how the school, family, and community influence children's socialization, the text is grounded in a powerful conceptual framework-Urie Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model of Human Development. Extremely reader friendly, the text addresses complex issues in a clear, comprehensive format. Its sensitive presentation of diversity issues includes matters related to culture, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and special needs.

About this title

About the Author:

Roberta Berns is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Saddleback College, where she founded and chaired the Human Development Department. Berns also was a student of renowned developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University. She lives in California with her husband, a professor of bioengineering. They have two children (one, an English professor and the other, a professor of neuroscience) and two grandchildren. Roberta Berns is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Saddleback College, where she founded and chaired the Human Development Department. Berns also was a student of renowned developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University. She lives in California with her husband, a professor of bioengineering. They have two children (one, an English professor and the other, a professor of neuroscience) and two grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0495804851
• ISBN 13: 9780495804857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576