Human Development Across the Life Span

RALPH L. MOSHER is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Developmental Studies, School of Education, Boston University. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of numerous books and other studies, including Preparing for Citizenship (1994) and Moral Action in Young Adulthood (1998).DEBORAH J. YOUNGMAN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Studies, School of Education, Boston University, where she also serves as the Clinical Coordinator for the graduate program in Counseling. Her current interests include moral development in later adulthood and challenges to moral life in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.JAMES M. DAY is Professor of Human Development and the Psychology of Religion at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Professor Day is a member of the editorial boards of various scholarly journals, including The Journal of Moral Education.

• Introduction: Life Span Development as the Aim of Education and Counseling, An Historical Perspective by Deborah Youngman Theory and Practice in Educating for Human Development Cross Domain Implications of Motor Development by Leonard Zaichkowsky and Peter Haberl Emotional Development: A Neo-Piagetian Perspective by Henry Dupont Literacy Development by Roselmina Indrisano and Jeanne S. Chall Mathematics Learning and Knowing: Cognitive Processes by Carol Greenes On the Development of Understanding Art by Michael J. Parsons Promoting Metacognitive Reflection in University Students by Dawn E. Schrader Theory and Practice in Counseling for Development Clinical-Developmental Psychology by Betsy Speicher and Gil G. Noam Between the Nexus of Power and Powerlessness: Resistance, Class, and Adolescent Girls' Development by Lyn Mikel Brown Rebellion, Resistance, and Empowerment in Childhood and Adolescence: Meta-development Issues of Tenured Women Faculty by Marianna Lawrence Cayten Toward the Reconstruction of Masculinity by Ronald F. Levant Parental Development: Problem, Theory, Method, and Practice by Jack Demick Educating for Morality and Religious Development Roletaking and Reflection: Promoting the Conceptual and Moral Development of Teachers by Alan J. Reiman, Norman A. Sprinthall, and Lois Thies-Sprinthall Discourse, Dialogue, and Difference: Moral Development in a Postmodern World by Mark B. Tappan Constructivist and Post-Constructivist Perspectives on Moral and Religious Judgement Research by James Day and Myriam H.L. Naedts Suggestions for Further Reading