Intended as supplemental reading in courses on theories of development, this book augments traditional core texts by providing students with more depth on about two dozen recent and emerging theories that have appeared over the course of the past 20 years. This period has seen a decline of the traditional ‘grand’ theories that attempt to apply to all people all the time in favor of ‘micro theories’ that focus more on individual differences, so a book like this actually points the way toward the future rather than dryly reviewing the past. In addition, the author inspects the changing ways in which the concept of ‘theory’ itself has been interpreted during this period, and he concludes with a chapter suggesting future directions.
Tabella dei contenuti
Theory Trends
PART ONE: EXTENSIONS OF TRADITION
Psychobiology, Sociobiology
Connectionism and Dynamic Systems
Environmental/Ecological Theories
Beyond Piaget
Beyond Vygotsky
Models of Interaction
A Potpourri of Theories
PART TWO: PRODUCTS OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT
Growing Up in Poverty
Ethnic Minorities
Feminist Perspectives
Sexual Orientations
PART THREE: FINAL OBSERVATIONS
Retrospect and Prospect
Circa l’autore
R. Murray Thomas (Ph.D., Stanford University) is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where for three decades he taught educational psychology and directed the program in international education. He began his 50-year career in education as a high school teacher at Kamehameha Schools and Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, then continued at the college level at San Francisco State University, the State University of New York (Brockport), and Pajajaran University in Indonesia before moving to Santa Barbara. His professional publications exceed 340, including 46 books for which he served as author, coauthor, or editor.
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