How Children Think and Learn by David Wood

How Children Think and Learn by David Wood

This book explores views about how children think and learn. It outlines Piaget's theory of cognitive development and explores the views of some of his major critics. Did Piaget underestimate children's intellectual abilities? Did he misconstrue the relationships between language and thinking? Does his theory misguide the teacher? The author compares Piaget's approach with those offered by Bruner, Vygotsky and other researchers, considering points of disagreement and establishing areas of common ground. But these ideas stand or fall on the contribution that they can make to those actually working in the classroom. The author therefore goes on to consider just what pressing contemporary issues in education stand to gain from them. Do children's accents and dialects contribute to their success or failure at school? What is the value of literacy and why do some children have such problems in reading and spelling? Why does an understanding of mathematics prove so elusive for many children? These are just some of the issues of practical relevance to this book.

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ISBN 13	9780631161394
ISBN 10	0631161392
Title	How Children Think and Learn
Author	David Wood
Series	Understanding Children's Worlds
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1988-05-26
Number of pages	304
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