Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development

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"Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development provides a new perspective on the study of childhood and family life." "Discovering Successful Pathways includes new research on children and families across diverse cultural and socioeconomic settings in the United States. Chapters include new studies of minority and immigrant families, school achievement, culture, race and gender, poverty, identity, and experiments and interventions meant to improve family and child contexts. Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development will be of enormous value to everyone interested in human development, education, and social welfare, and for professionals charged with the task of improving the lives of children in our communities."--Jacket.

subjects: Child development,  Congresses,  Research,  Socialization,  Ethnicity in children,  Immigrant children,  Children with social disabilities,  Home and school,  Educational anthropology,  Social ecology,  Evaluation research (Social action programs)