The Child as Thinker: The Development and Acquisition of Cognition in Childhood

ISBN-13: 9781841695129 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 632 str.

Sara Meadows

Opis

Provides a review of the issues involved in understanding cognitive development and of the data and models. This book brings together various areas and approaches, and examines their strengths and weaknesses.

Recenzje

"This is one of the best books I have read in this field for a long time." - Julian Elliott, University of Sunderland, UK

"I think that this is an excellent book. It covers a wide range of topics and research and presents them all in a coherent, attractive and highly readable way. It fills a need for an easy-to-read but intellectually respectable account of cognitive development." - Peter Bryant FRS, Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University, UK

"The author's enthusiasm and drive to understand cognitive development results in a work which seeks to relate and integrate research in the (sometimes) disparate research areas within the field. Her approach offers the student an insight into the relationships between the different issues and themes and, as such, makes a valuable contribution to the academic bookshelf. Throughout the book, new ideas have been seamlessly included alongside material from the original edition." - Steve Croker, University of Derby, UK

Spis treści

Introduction. Descriptive Studies of Children’s Cognitive Skills and Knowledge. Individual Differences in Cognitive Development. Models of Cognition in Childhood: Metaphors, Achievements and Problems. Causes of Change and Variation in Cognitive Development. Teaching Thinking. Questions, Problems – and Possibilities.

O autorze

Sara Meadows, Sara Meadows