human development and education

from the table of contents: life and learning: introduction to the developmental task concept; developmental tasks of infancy and early childhood; biosocial development in early childhood; developmental tasks of middle childhood; the role of the peer group in helping children achieve developmental tasks in middle childhood; the teacher's relations with the peer group in middle childhood; the growth of the mind; developmental tasks as objectives of elementary education; the adolescent peer group; the development of personal independence; developing a philosophy of life; developmental tasks and the school curriculum; a boy who failed and what the school might have done: the case of jed; a girl who succedded and how the school helped her: the case of roberta; a girl who failed and what the school might have done to help her: the case of elsie; developmental tasks of early adulthood; developmental tasks of middle age; developmental tasks of later maturity; purposes and methods of the developmental task study; interrelations of developmental tasks;