In "How Children Succeed', Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in "Helping Children Succeed', he outlines the practical steps that adults - fro…
The authors emphasize the fundamental principles and enduring themes underlying children's development and focus on key research. This new edition also contains a new chapter on gender, as well as recent work on conceptual development
Bearbejdede indlæg fra en konference afholdt i USA i 1966 om tidlig læring og tidlig undervisning. Bogen afspejler tidens pædagogiske og udviklingspsykologiske forskning og behandler bl.a. spørgsmål som: Ved hvilken alder skal formel undervisning begynde? Hvilken effekt har timi…
Children' s play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards. Children in cities enjoyed similar forms of play but their playgrounds were the vacant lands and parks. Today, children have b…
To sort out who's who and what's what in the world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see what has become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about Americans values, that Gary Cross explores in this book, …
by Oates, John, Wood, Clare, Grayson, Andrew
Through a series of exquisite encounters with children, and through a lucid opening up of new aspects of poststructuralist theorizing, Bronwyn Davies opens up new ways of thinking about, and intra-acting with, children. This book carefully guides the reader through a wave of tho…
