Peer Groups and Children's Development

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Description

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
Considers peer groups in classrooms, friendships made within and outside of school, and the groups that children participate in for extra-curricular activities
Includes a final summary which brings together the significant implications for theory, policy and practice
Unique in that no other volume reviews and integrates literature relating to peer groups in both classroom and out-of-class settings
Addresses the research interests of psychologists and educationalists, as well as the practical concerns of teachers, parents, counsellors, and policy makers

About the Author

Christine Howe is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College. Previously she was Professor of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde. Her main research interests are peer interaction and conceptual growth, children's reasoning in mathematics and science, and communication and social relations among children. In addition to publishing seven books and over 100 journal articles, Christine was for many years co-editor of the journal Social Development and has served as Chair of the British Psychological Society's Developmental Section.

Features

Focuses on the peer group experiences of children attending school in Western societies, from five years of age through to adolescence
Considers peer groups in classrooms, friendships made within and outside of school, and the groups that children participate in for extra-curricular activities
Includes a final summary which brings together the significant implications for theory, policy and practice
Unique in that no other volume reviews and integrates literature relating to peer groups in both classroom and out-of-class settings
Addresses the research interests of psychologists and educationalists, as well as the practical concerns of teachers, parents, counsellors, and policy makers

Series

Understanding Children's Worlds

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