Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

James E. Johnson

Suzanne Flannery Quinn

Michael M. Patte

The Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education provides a groundbreaking compilation of research from an interdisciplinary group of distinguished experts in early childhood education (ECE), child development, cultural and cross-cultural research in the psychological sciences, etc. The chapters provide current overviews of ECE in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, the US, and Canada, and convey how ECE is multi-sectorial, multi-cultural, and multi-disciplinary, undergirded by such disciplines as neuroscience, psychological anthropology, cross-cultural human development, childhood studies, and political science.

Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Tiffany Field

Marilyn M. Segal

In 1982 The Society for Research in Child Development funded a study group entitled, Friendships in normal and handicapped children. This volume is an outgrowth of that study group. Developmental and clinical psycologists who had been studying friendships in normal children, hadicapped children or both met for a two-day symposium at the Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami. The purpose of the meeting was to share current data, to discuss implications of current reseach, and to formulate ideas for future studies on friendhship formation among young children. Many of these issues are summarized in a commentary by Judith Rubenstin in Chapter 7, and by Nicholas Anataslow in Chapter 12. -- Preface.

Friendships in Normal and Handicapped Children

Derek Chadee

This book seeks to promote a more unified Caribbean psychology that goes beyond a Euro-American perspective to meet the unique needs of the culturally diverse inhabitants of this region and the diaspora.

Indigenous Contributions to a Global Discipline

Caribbean Psychology

Peter K. Smith

Play takes up much of the time budget of young children, and many animals, but its importance in development remains contested. This comprehensive collection brings together multidisciplinary and developmental perspectives on the forms and functions of play in animals, children in different societies, and through the lifespan. The Cambridge Handbook of Play covers the evolution of play in animals, especially mammals; the development of play from infancy through childhood and into adulthood; historical and anthropological perspectives on play; theories and methodologies; the role of play in children's learning; play in special groups such as children with impairments, or suffering political violence; and the practical applications of playwork and play therapy. Written by an international team of scholars from diverse disciplines such as psychology, education, neuroscience, sociology, evolutionary biology and anthropology, this essential reference presents the current state of the field in play research.

Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

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