Exploring Cognitive and Psychosocial Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence

Exploring Cognitive and Psychosocial Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence

Release Date: September, 2024|Copyright: © 2025 |Pages: 456
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-4022-6
ISBN13: 9798369340226|ISBN13 Softcover: 9798369351314|EISBN13: 9798369340233
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Description & Coverage
Description:

As the world of education evolves rapidly, understanding the intricacies of emotion, cognition, and language development is becoming increasingly vital. Unfortunately, the existing literature often fails to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to this complex subject. This knowledge gap leaves scholars, researchers, and practitioners needing a cohesive framework to navigate the challenges of language acquisition and learning difficulties during critical formative years.

The groundbreaking book Exploring Cognitive and Psychosocial Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence offers a fresh perspective by integrating cutting-edge research from psycholinguistics, neuroscience, and developmental psychology. By synthesizing the seminal works of leading scholars and highlighting innovative studies, this book presents a holistic understanding of language development from preschool to adolescence.

Exploring Cognitive and Psychosocial Dynamics Across Childhood and Adolescence is a comprehensive guide to language acquisition with an interdisciplinary perspective. It emphasizes the critical role of emotional intelligence in learning and provides practical recommendations for creating a supportive environment. This book is essential for scholars and practitioners in psycholinguistics, psychology, education, and developmental sciences.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Assessing Learning Difficulties
  • Cognitive and Emotional Profile: Children with Learning Difficulties
  • Educational Strategies: Inclusion
  • Emotion and Cognition: Emotional Intelligence
  • Language Development: Diagnostic Tools
  • Learning Disabilities and Education Policy
  • Learning Process and Achievement
  • Motivation, Cognition, Development: Impact on Achievement
  • Neural Basis of Language: Neurolinguistics
  • Neuropsychological Status: Preschool to Adolescence
  • Psycholinguistic Development
  • Psychosocial Difficulties: Preschool to Adolescence
  • Understanding Learning Difficulties
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Editor/Author Biographies

Dr. Maria Sofologi is an Adjunct Ass. Professor at the Department of Early Childhood and Education at the University of Ioannina in Greece. She delivers the courses “Cognitive Psychology”, and “Developmental Psychology”. She is also a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Ioannina in Greece. She holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Cognitive Psychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During her master's degree years she trained and practiced different assessment cognitive tools to evaluate all cognitive functions like memory, attention, language, executive functions both in adults and children. She is the key speaker in many European and Hellenic conferences concerning cognitive psychology, educational psychology, special education in children and adults, as well. Her academic work includes a series of many scientific publications, books, and book chapters concerning Cognitive Psychology, Special Education, Educational Psychology, and Cognitive impairments in children and adults as well.

Dimitra V. Katsarou is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Language Disorders at the Department of Preschool Education Sciences and Educational Design of the University of the Aegean. She studied Philology at the Department of Philology of the School of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She holds three postgraduate degrees (MSc Sports and Exercise Psychology- University of Thessaly, Med Adult Education- Hellenic Open University, MA Education: Special Education- University of Nicosia) and Ph.D. of the Special Education Department of the University of Thessaly. She is a certified adult educator and College teacher and has worked as a special education philologist in public high schools and second chance schools and has developed differentiated material for people with intellectual disabilities. She has worked as an adult educator in private and public Vocational Training Centers, as a teacher in Second Chance Schools, in Lifelong Learning Centers, in Vocational Training Institutes, in the Youth and Lifelong Learning Institute, in the School of Probationary Police and in Private Colleges. She has participated in research projects funded by the University of Thessaly, the National Technical University of Athens, the European Union and the Information Society. She has conducted her postdoctoral research co-financed by six universities in the European Union. She speaks four foreign languages (English, French, Italian, Spanish) as well as Greek Sign Language, writes and reads in the Braille System. She has 29 scholarly publications in influential peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 conference presentations, she has written eleven children's fairy tales and three theatrical plays. She has authored a monograph, four co- editing books, and three editing books in Greek language, as well as participating in several chapters in other scientific publications. She is academically responsible for education, training and education programs of Greek and international organizations and participates as a key researcher in Greek and international research programs, such as Erasmus Plus, Alliance edu, Cost.eu, Erasmus Sport. In parallel with the University of the Aegean, she has worked as adjunct faculty at the University of Nicosia, the University of Thessaly, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Hellenic Open University, the Neapolis University of Paphos and Frederick University. Her research interests focus on the special education of children with intellectual disabilities, neurolinguistics, cognitive processes, autism, developmental psychopathology, speech and language development, genetic syndromes and intergenerational activities.
Efthymia Efthymiou research focuses on inclusive teaching practices, classroom discourse, and creating educational environments that support the inclusion of all students, including those with special needs. Her work centers on understanding the perspectives of various stakeholders, such as teachers and children with special needs, to develop more inclusive educational systems. She explores the role of both physical and psychological environments in shaping attitudes, positioning, and inclusion. Her research aims to identify and overcome barriers to inclusive education, with emphasis on leveraging technology-based teaching practices to address digital exclusion and promote inclusive teaching methods. In addition to her research efforts, Dr. Efthymia actively contributes to the advancement of inclusive education through her workshops and seminars conducted for teachers and principals in federal schools within the UAE. She recognizes the urgent need to equip educators with the necessary tools and knowledge to foster inclusive learning environments, ensuring that all students have equal opportunities for education and growth.
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