Children and Their Development, Third Canadian Edition

Children and Their Development, Third Canadian Edition, by Robert Kail and Anne Barnfield provides a solid, research-oriented overview of child-development science. Using a topical organization with modules, the text focuses on research and theory and makes the material accessible for students with effective pedagogy to enhance the learning experience. It uses fundamental developmental issues as a foundation for integrating studies, and demonstrates that child-development research methods are diverse and complementary, the results of which can be used to improve the lives of children and their families.