Author : Margaret Donaldson
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780393951011
How and when does a child begin to make sense of the world? Why does a lively preschool child so often become a semiliterate and defeated school failure?
Author : Laura E. Berk
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780195171556
Based on the most recent contemporary research, this is a wide-ranging and practical guide to parenthood and early childhood education. 7 halftones.
Author : Hans Moravec
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780674576186
"A dizzying display of intellect and wild imaginings by Moravec, a world-class roboticist who has himself developed clever beasts . . . Undeniably, Moravec comes across as a highly knowledgeable and creative talent--which is just what the field needs".--Kirkus Reviews.
Author : Lilian Gonshaw Katz
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 9781567505016
This new edition incorporates many insights and strategies the authors have learned while working extensively with teachers to implement the project approach. Since the popular first edition was published in 1989, the authors have continued to help teachers around the world understand the benefits of this approach. Katz and Chard discuss in great detail the philosophical, theoretical, and research bases of project work. The typical phases are presented and detailed suggestions for implementing each one are described. Using specific examples, this book clarifies and articulates the process and benefits of the project approach. These specific examples outline how children's intellectual development is enhanced. Years of working with teachers and young children from preschool to primary age provide the authors with first hand experience for employing the project approach. Helpful guidelines will aid teachers in working with this approach comfortably in order to gain the interset of children and in order for those to grow and florish mentally.
Author : Jane M. Healy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 37,41 MB
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 1439126704
Is today's fast-paced media culture creating a toxic environment for our children's brains? In this landmark, bestselling assessment tracing the roots of America's escalating crisis in education, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture compromise our children's ability to concentrate and to absorb and analyze information. Drawing on neuropsychological research and an analysis of current educational practices, Healy presents in clear, understandable language: -- How growing brains are physically shaped by experience -- Why television programs -- even supposedly educational shows like Sesame Street -- develop "habits of mind" that place children at a disadvantage in school -- Why increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder -- How parents and teachers can make a critical difference by making children good learners from the day they are born
Author : Marietta McCarty
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2006-12-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 144064988X
A guide for parents and educators to sharing the enduring ideas of the biggest minds throughout the centuries—from Plato to Jane Addams—with the "littlest" minds. Children are no strangers to cruelty and courage, to love and to loss, and in this unique book teacher and educational consultant Marietta McCarty reveals that they are, in fact, natural philosophers. Drawing on a program she has honed in schools around the country over the last fifteen years, Little Big Minds guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8 children in order to develop their critical thinking, deepen their appreciation for others, and brace them for the philosophical quandaries that lurk in all of our lives, young or old. Arranged according to themes-including prejudice, compassion, and death-and featuring the work of philosophers from Plato and Socrates to the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr., this step-by-step guide to teaching kids how to think philosophically is full of excellent discussion questions, teaching tips, and group exercises.
Author : Stephen Law
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 17,12 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 113418266X
Behind headlines on the conflict in Iraq and global terrorism, a much deeper battle is raging over children and the values they should adopt. Political and religious leaders including Blair and Bush have been joined by the popular press in Enlightenment-bashing and bitter attacks on `liberal parenting calling for a return to authority and religious tradition. How do we raise good children? How do we make good citizens? In defiant yet acute fashion, Stephen Law urges us to re-evaluate the liberal tradition of thinking about morality. Tackling authoritarian rhetoric head-on, he argues that children should learn about right and wrong, and respect for others, but that their education should be grounded in the hard-won values of the Enlightenment. Taking on neo-conservatives and religious and media commentators, The War for Children‘s Minds is a candid and controversial call for a liberal, philosophically informed approach to raising children. A staunch defence of the humane, liberal life, The War for Children‘s Minds is a much-needed guide to an urgent moral conundrum.
Author : Deirdre V. Lovecky
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 16,58 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1853029645
Explaining why certain children are gifted and how giftedness is manifested, each chapter addresses the relevance for children with AD/HD and Asperger Syndrome. Lovecky guides parents and professionals through methods of diagnosis and advises on how best to nurture individual needs, positive behaviour and relationships at home and at school.
Author : Deb Curtis
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 11,72 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 160554695X
Teachers often see repetitive behaviors in toddler and preschool classrooms, such as building and knocking down block towers or dumping out toys. When children do these actions over and over it can be irritating to teachers and parents, but viewing these actions through the lens of schema theory, developed by Jean Piaget, can help understand what’s really going on in children’s brains when they display these repetitive behaviors. Children’s Lively Minds is filled with stories about real children exploring schema, followed by reflection and questions about what children might be learning. Schema theory in your work with young children whether you know it or not. Understanding it, putting intention behind it, can help families and teachers ease frustration with young children’s repetitive behavior and allow adults to better support brain development.
Author : Melvin D. Levine
Publisher : Educators Publishing Service, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,81 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Learning disabilities
ISBN : 9780838820902
Explains a variety of learning disabilities to elementary school children.
