How children learn

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"How do children learn - and why do we teach them the way we do? Educational theorists and psychologists have researched the subject for more than 200 years. Their theories still influence the way we teach today. This book summarises the findings and ideas of some of them - famous names such as Montessori and Piaget as well as lesser-known ones such as Dewey and Donaldson. It looks at the theory behind different approaches to early years education - High/Scope. Steiner, the Italian pre-schools …

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Full title :How children learn / by Linda Pound.

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Publication Date:©2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Step Forward
Place of Publication:Leamington Spa
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2006.

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Description:80 pages : : illustrations ; : 30 cm.

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ISBN:1904575099, 9781904575092
oclc:ocn863212521
LC Classification:LB1121
Dewey Decimal:370.1523

John Comenius -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Johan Heinrich Pestalozzi -- Robert Owen -- Friedrich Froebel -- Sigmund Freud -- John Dewey -- Margaret McMillan -- Rudolf Steiner -- Waldorf-Steiner education -- Maria Montessori -- Montessori method -- Susan Isaacs -- Jean Piaget -- Lev Vygotsky -- Burrhus Skinner and behavioursim -- John Bowlby and attachment theory -- Jerome Brunner -- Chris Athey and schema theory -- Loris Malaguzzi and early education in Reggio Emilia -- Paulo Freire -- High/Scope -- Margaret Donaldson -- Howard Gardner and multiple intelligence theory -- Te Whariki : the New Zealand early years curriculum -- Forest schools -- Learning through play -- Research into brain development -- Emotional intelligence.