The same comprehensive attention to developmental concepts that guided educators in the fourth edition are also found in this fifth edition. However, there are several new features in this edition. The following list points out what is new in the fifth edition of Child Development and Education. Greater sensitivity to cultural and bioecological issues including two new features: Development in Culture and Bioecological Diversity New ways to practice skills in observing and identifying children’s and adolescents’ developmental trends and milestones are found in Improving Your Observation Skills A rearrangment of concepts in social-emotional concepts Support for teacher licensure preparation—Preparing for Your Licensure Exam—alert teacher candidates to developmental concepts and theorists they need to know to pass a teacher licensure exam Practice test examples, including both case studies with constructed response questions and sample multiple choice questions, are located in the new end-of-chapter material called Applying Concepts in Child Development Thoroughly updated research including a thousand new research citations