Children's Understanding of Biology and Health
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Part of Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development
- Editors:
- Michael Siegal, University of Sheffield
- Candida C. Peterson, University of Queensland
- Date Published: November 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521620987
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This book uses research and theory to an in-depth account of children's understanding of biology and health. Each of the contributors views children's understanding in these areas to be to some extent adaptive to their well-being and survival and uses evidence collected through a variety of different techniques to consider whether young children are capable of basic theorising and understanding of health and illness. Topics ranging from babies to the elderly including birth, death, contamination and contagion, food and pain are examined and close links between research and practice are made with obvious attendant benefits in terms of education and communication. The combination of theory and practice will guarantee the appeal of this book to an international audience of advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and professionals in areas such as education, child welfare, medicine and law.
Read more- Was the first book to examine the most up-to-date research relating to children's understanding of biology and health
- International team of authors
- Combines theory and research and relates to practice
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'… this is a fresh and insightful examination of an important area of children's understanding which, given its dual emphasis on both theoretical and applied issues, should appeal to both developmental psychologists and medical professionals alike.' Infant and Child Development
See more reviews'… a vital and valuable book that everyone who works with children and young people should consult in depth.' Health Education
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- Date Published: November 1999
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521620987
- length: 306 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 161 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.57kg
- contains: 15 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Michael Siegal and Candida Peterson
Part I. Development of Biological Understanding:
2. Young children's understanding of mind-body relationships Kayako Inagaki and Giyoo Hatano
3. How a naive theory of biology is acquired Ken Springer
4. Constructing a coherent theory
children's biological understanding of life and death Virginia Slaughter, Raquel Jaakkola and Susan Carey
Part II. Health Issues:
5. What young children's understanding of contamination and contagion tells us about their concepts of illness Charles W. Kalish
6. Children and pain John E. Taplin, Belinda Goodenough, Joan R. Webb and Laura Vogl
7. Children and food Leann Birch, Jennifer Fischer and Karen Grimm-Thomas
8. The ethics of emaciation: moral connotations of body, self and diet Carol J. Nemeroff and Carolyn J. Cavanaugh
Part III. Applications:
9. Considering children's folkbiology in health education Terry Kit-fong Au, Laura F. Romo and Jennifer E. Dewitt
10. Young children's understanding of the physician's role and the medical hearsay exception Melody R. Herbst, Margaret S. Steward, Robin L. Hansen and John E. B. Myers
11. Cognitive development and the competence to consent to medical and psychotherapeutic treatment Candida C. Peterson and Michael Siegal.
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