John Santrock – författare

Thorough. Accurate. Reliable. Engaging. These are just a few words used by adopters and reviewers of Adolescence. Topically-organized, the text displays Santrock's highly contemporary tone and focus, reinforced with over 1000 new citations and updates. The popular Connections theme explores aspects of adolescents’ development to help students better understand the concepts. Used by tens of thousands of learners, the robust research foundation of this text is made accessible to students through the proven learning goals system, providing a clear roadmap to course mastery. The Guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, found in the preface, highlights the many updates that have been made in these critical areas. McGraw Hill Connect's® digital learning tools are invaluable in helping students synthesize and master the content of the course.

In this topically-organized life-span text, John Santrock connects current scholarship with real-world applications, helping students see how developmental psychology plays a role in their own lives and future careers. Students report that highlighting the connections among the different aspects of lifespan development helps them to better understand the concepts. The robust research foundation of this text is made accessible to students through an integrated learning goals system, resulting in a comprehensive approach to lifespan development that helps students gain the insight they need to study smarter, stay focused, and improve performance. McGraw Hill Connect’s® digital learning tools are invaluable in helping students synthesize and master the broad scope of content of the lifespan development course.

Educational Psychology emphasizes the application of theory to real classroom practice, drawing connections among chapter concepts, relevant scholarship, and rich vignettes of real-life experiences of teachers across all grade levels. Santrock’s hallmark Learning System organizes the content into manageable chunks under learning goals, supported by mini-chapter maps laying out each section, and reinforced by chapter-ending case studies that give students the opportunity to reflect on and synthesize what they have learned.