This four part series details theories of child development, observation of infants, history and trends.

THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT I
Overview of the theory in action - including cognitive, pyschosexual, pyschosocial, behaviorist, social learning, and sociocultural theories of development. Theorists include: Piaget, Freud, Erickson, Gesell, Skinner, Vygotsky. 27 minutes, 1997

THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT II
Gain a deeper understanding of early theorists and the role they played in the history of education. Theorists include: Locke, Rousseau, Pestalozzi, and Froebel. 17 minutes, 2007

OBSERVATION
Using the four areas of development: physical, cognitive, language and social-emotional, the viewer is guided through several sequences of naturalistic observation of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. 29 minutes, 2004

HISTORY AND TRENDS
This program lays out the history of child development, from early philosophies, to changing beliefs about human nature, with a look at the nature-nurture question. 28 minutes 1997