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Children's Understanding of Biology and Health (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development, Series Number 3) by Michael Siegal; Candida D Peterson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book provides the first state-of-the-art examination of children's understanding of biology and health. Authors based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia review and evaluate children's understanding of birth, life and death, their knowledge of contamination and contagion as well as processes related to food, digestion, and pain. The chapters tightly focus on the connection between research and practice in examining the implications for communication about diseases such as HIV and for children's medical and therapeutic decision-making Becoming mindful of biology and health : an introduction / Michael Siegal and Candida C. Peterson -- Children's understanding of mind-body relationships / Kayoko Inagaki and Giyoo Hatano -- How a naive theory of biology is acquired / Ken Springer -- Constructing a coherent theory : children's biological understanding of life and death / Virginia Slaughter, Raquel Jaakkola, and Susan Carey -- What young children's understanding of contamination and contagion tells us about their concepts of illness / Charles W. Kalish -- Children and pain / John E. Taplin ... [et al.] -- Children and food / Leann Birch, Jennifer Fisher, an

Who reads Children's Understanding of Biology and Health (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development, Series Number 3)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Michael Siegal; Candida D Peterson
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9780521620987
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Psychology, Medical, Science

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