TY - BOOK AU - Trawick-Smith, Jeffrey W. AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : a multicultural perspective SN - 9780135016466;0135016460 SN - 2 PY - 2010///46 CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Education KW - Child development.;Early childhood education.;Multicultural education.;Cognition in children.;Observation (Educational method);Children with disabilities N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-534) and index; Studying early childhood development in a diverse world -- Historical perspectives and research in early childhood development -- Theories of child development -- Genetics, prenatal development, and birth -- The newborn -- Infant physical growth and brain development -- Cognitive development in infancy -- Infant language and literacy -- Infant social and emotional development -- Preschool physical and motor development -- Cognitive development in the preschool years -- Symbolic thought : play, language, and literacy in the preschool years -- Social and emotional development of preschoolers -- Physical growth and motor development in the primary years -- Cognition and schooling -- Language, literacy, and schooling -- Social and emotional development in the primary years -- Parents, families, and children : a multicultural perspective; 5 ER -