Developing thinking and understanding in young children : An introduction for students 3rd ed.

Author

• Robson, Sue

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

London: Routledge, 2020

Language

English

ISBN

9780429469442

Series

Subject(s)

• CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
• COGNITION IN CHILDREN
• EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

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Abstract

This textbook for students on Childhood Studies and Early Childhood Studies programmers combines introductions to theories about thinking skills with examples from practice, illustrating often abstract ideas through the use of skilled observations of young children. Throughout the book implications for practice are identified, and approaches to developing young children's thinking are outlined and analysed

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (224 p.)

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

How can we think about young children's thinking? --
Theories of cognitive development : learning to think and thinking to learn --
The social, cultural, and emotional contexts of thinking and understanding --
The developing brain --
Knowing about the mind : theory of mind, self-regulation, and metacognition --
Observing, describing, and documenting children's thinking and understanding --
Language, communication, and thought --
Knowing about the world : the development of children's concepts --
Young children's visual thinking --
Approaches to developing young children's thinking and understanding.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01503/21	155.413 Rob D	Online !	Available