Peer Groups and Children's DevelopmentISBN: 978-1-4051-7945-4
Hardcover
248 pages
January 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Peer Groups and Children’s Development considers the
experiences of school-aged children with their peer groups and its
implications for their social, personal and intellectual
development
- Focuses on the peer group experiences of children attending school in Western societies, from five years of age through to adolescence
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Considers peer groups in classrooms, friendships made within and outside of school, and the groups that children participate in for extra-curricular activities
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Includes a final summary which brings together the significant implications for theory, policy and practice
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Unique in that no other volume reviews and integrates literature relating to peer groups in both classroom and out-of-class settings
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Addresses the research interests of psychologists and educationalists, as well as the practical concerns of teachers, parents, counsellors, and policy makers