Awakening Children's Minds How Parents and Teachers Can Make a Difference

Name: Awakening Children's Minds How Parents and Teachers Can Make a Difference
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ISBN: 9780195171556

ISBN-10: 0195171551

ISBN-13: 9780195171556

Edition: 2004

Authors: Laura E. Berk

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This book's central message is that parent and teachers contribute profoundly to the development of competent, caring, well-adjusted children. In particular, it argues that adult-child communication in shared activites is the wellspring of psychological development. These dialogues enhance language skills, reasoning ability, problem-solving strategies, the capacity to bring action under the control of thought, and the child's cultural and moral values. The author explains how children weave the voices of more expert cultural members into dialogues with themselves. She also offers concrete suggestions for creating and evaluating quality educational environments - at home, in child care, in…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.41" wide x 6.10" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



A New View of Child Development



The Social Origins of Mental Life



Why Children Talk to Themselves



Learning Through Make-Believe Play



Helping Children with Deficits and Disabilities



Learning in Classrooms



The Child in Contemporary Culture


Conclusion: A Vision for Parenting and Educational Practice


Notes


Index