Desert island books

[Katie Alcock]

(Cross-posted to dev-europe and info-childes as it seems appropriate to
both).

A while back I was doing fieldwork in Kenya and asked for input on something
from a mailing list, and I happened to have with me Brown (1973), which
turned out to be very helpful.  Someone commented that this would teach us
all that wherever you go you should take your copy of Brown (1973).

I have a PhD student who is going to be going to Indonesia to develop and
supervise the administration of tests for a study on the impact of maternal
micronutrient supplementation on preschool language and cognitive
development.  If you were going to a desert island (Lombok is not a desert,
but it is fairly isolated) what books would you take with you?

I'm thinking perhaps something on language development, something on
cognitive development, and something on test construction?

Any other categories? I don't know how much room she'll have in her
suitcase! Votes for classics versus the latest up-to-date specialist volume?


As usual will summarise and inform the list...

Katie Alcock


Katie Alcock, DPhil
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