Critical thinking about critical periods / edited by Donald B. Bailey, Jr. ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, Donald B.

Series:

National Center for Early Development & Learning (Series)

A series from the National Center for Early Development & Learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical periods (Biology).

Developmental neurobiology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., [2001]

Summary:

In this comprehensive book, authorities from fields like psychology, neuroscience, and education offer diverse perspectives on the controversial concept of critical periods--windows of opportunity in child development that open and shut. Readers will receive a thorough overview of critical periods and concise research-based summaries of what is known, unknown, and thought to be known about them. Through this balanced discussion, readers will distinguish fact from theory--knowledge they can use to create strategies that will improve children's development and learning.

Contents:

I Critical Periods: An Overview of Behavior and Biology

1 A Critical and Sensitive Period Primer / John T. Bruer 3

2 Developmental Neurobiology Overview: Synapses, Circuits, and Plasticity / Jeff W. Lichtman 27

II Critical Periods in Basic Sensory Systems

3 Critical Periods in the Development of the Visual System / Jonathan C. Horton 45

4 Critical Periods for Development of Visual Acuity, Depth Perception, and Eye Tracking / Lawrence Tychsen 67

III Critical Periods in Social and Emotional Development

5 Sensitive Periods in Attachment? / Ross A. Thompson 83

6 Animal Models of Critical and Sensitive Periods in Social and Emotional Development / Maria L. Boccia, Cort Pedersen 107

7 Social and Emotional Development in Children Adopted from Institutions / Elinor W. Ames, Kim Chisholm 129

IV Critical Periods in Language Learning and Acquisition

8 Language Processing: How Experience Affects Brain Organization / Helen J. Neville, John T. Bruer 151

9 Sensitive Periods in First Language Acquisition / Heather Bortfeld, Grover J. Whitehurst 173

10 A Critical Period for Second Language Acquisition? / Kenji Hakuta 193

V Early Intervention and the Relevance of Critical Periods

11 The Subtle Science of How Experience Affects the Brain / John T. Bruer, William T. Greenough 209

12 Critical Periods and Early Invervention / Dale C. Farran 233

13 The Concept of Critical Periods and Their Implications for Early Childhood Services / Robert B. McCall, Bradford W. Plemons 267

14 Critical Periods: Reflections and Future Directions / Donald B. Bailey, Jr., Frank J. Symons 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1557664951

OCLC:

45137594