Series: Understanding Children's Worlds

G is for Genes shows how a dialogue between geneticists and educationalists can have beneficial results for the education of all children — and can also benefit schools, teachers, and society at large. Draws on behavioural genetic research from around the world, including the UK-based Twins’ Early Development Study (TEDS), one of the largest twin studies in the world. Offers...

Bullying at School is the definitive book on bully/victim problems in school and on effective ways of counteracting and preventing such problems. On the basis of the author's large-scale studies and other research, it is known that bullying is a serious problem in all societies that have been studied so far, and that more than 15 percent of the school...