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Awakening Children's Minds

by Laura E. Berk
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Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Now, in Awakening Children's Minds, Laura Berk cuts through the confusion ofcompeting theories, offering a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how they can make a difference in children's lives. This is the first book to bring to a general audience, in lucid prose richly laced with examples, truly state-of-the-art thinking about child rearing and early education. Berk's central message is that parents and teachers contribute profoundly to the development of competent, caring,well-adjusted children. In particular, she argues that adult-child communication in shared activities is the wellspring of psychological development...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

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  • Release date: February 27, 2007

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  • ISBN: 9780195171556
  • Release date: February 27, 2007

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  • ISBN: 9780195171556
  • File size: 18412 KB
  • Release date: February 27, 2007
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Psychology Nonfiction

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Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Now, in Awakening Children's Minds, Laura Berk cuts through the confusion ofcompeting theories, offering a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how they can make a difference in children's lives. This is the first book to bring to a general audience, in lucid prose richly laced with examples, truly state-of-the-art thinking about child rearing and early education. Berk's central message is that parents and teachers contribute profoundly to the development of competent, caring,well-adjusted children. In particular, she argues that adult-child communication in shared activities is the wellspring of psychological development...

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Psychology Nonfiction