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Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education

This stimulating volume assembles leading scholars to address issues in children's cognitive, academic, and social development through the lens of evolutionary psychology.Debates and controversies in the field highlight the potential value of this understanding, from basic early learning skills...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Geary, David C. (Editor ), Berch, Daniel B. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Evolutionary Psychology,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1 Development, Play, and Exploration in Early Learning
  • The Adaptive Value of Cognitive Immaturity: Applications of Evolutionary Developmental Psychology to Early Education
  • Teaching: Natural or Cultural?
  • Children's Natural Ways of Educating Themselves Still Work-Even for the Three Rs
  • Object Use in Childhood: Development and Possible Functions
  • Guided Play: A Solution to the Play versus Learning Dichotomy
  • Part 2 Social and Moral Development
  • Eight Myths of Child Social Development: An Evolutionary Approach to Power, Aggression, and Social Competence
  • Adolescent Bullying in Schools: An Evolutionary Perspective
  • Fairness: What It Isn't, What It Is, and What It Might Be For
  • Part 3 Evolved Biases and Cognition and Learning in the Modern World
  • Evolution and Children's Cognitive and Academic Development
  • Adaptive Memory: Fitness-Relevant "Tunings" Help Drive Learning and Remembering
  • Adapting Evolution Education to a Warming Climate of Teaching and Learning
  • Cognitive Load Theory, Evolutionary Educational Psychology and Instructional Design
  • Beyond Academic Performance: The Effects of an Evolution-Informed School Environment on Student Performance and Wellbeing. .