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This book uses the paradigm of the child as a problem solver to examine various theories of cognitive development.

• Provides balanced coverage of a broad range of contemporary theories.


• Focuses on collaborative tasks which are carried out with other children or adults.


• Asks whether social interaction is the key to improvement in problem solving skills, or whether it is the skills and abilities that the child brings to the task that are paramount.


• Draws on a wide range of research, including the...

The second edition of this successful book describes and explains the development of children's spoken and written language. Drawing on both classical and recent research studies, the processes whereby literacy is achieved during the period from infancy to about 8 years of age are traced. The authors emphasize the importance of early experiences with language in relation to later developments of literacy, highlighting the connections between learning to talk and learning to read and write.

Garton and Pratt argue that the social contexts within which talking, reading and writing...