There have been many studies of children learning to talk, but perhaps none as comprehensive - in terms of the number of children involved, the period of continuous observation and the scope of the analysis - as the Bristol Study of Language Development. This is the first full-length volume to be written by members of the research team and it is a fundamental study of language development from infancy to primary school. It synthesises the research to date and discusses some key socio- and psycholinguistic themes with reference to transcribed excerpts from spontaneous conversations recorded by...
There have been many studies of children learning to talk, but perhaps none as comprehensive - in terms of the number of children involved, the period...
For more than a quarter century, the polemics surrounding educational reform have centered on two points of view: those that favor a "progressive" child-centered form of education, and those that would prefer a return to a more structured, teacher-directed curriculum that emphasizes basic knowledge and skills. Vygotsky's social constructivist theory offers an alternative solution, placing stress on coconstruction of knowledge by more and less mature participants engaging in joint activity. This theory offers semiotic mediation as the primary means of obtaining knowledge, whereby the less...
For more than a quarter century, the polemics surrounding educational reform have centered on two points of view: those that favor a "progressive" chi...
This best selling collection of original papers represents both for the scholar and the student an updating and a perspective of value on a subject that is at the heart of the educational process.
This best selling collection of original papers represents both for the scholar and the student an updating and a perspective of value on a subject th...
