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Quick guides for early years : cognitive development /

* Learn child development theories quickly and painlessly. * Apply theories to your workplace setting. * Know what to do next with your studies. Save time in your studies with Linda Pound's easy-to-read quick overviews of the main development theories in early years. If you are a Level 4/5, Fou...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pound, Linda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Hodder Education, 2013.
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  • Cover; Book title; Contents; Series introduction; About the Quick Guides for Early Years series; 1. Introduction to Cognitive Development; Profile: Socrates and his followers; Profile: Confucius; Profile: Comenius; Key Debates: holistic education; Key Debates: learning styles and cognitive styles; 2. Intelligence; Profile: Francis Galton; Key Debates: nature vs nurture; Profile: Alfred Binet; Key Debates: intelligence
  • general or specific?; 3. Behaviourism; Profile: Ivan Pavlov; Profile: Burrhus Skinner; Key Debates: language development.
  • Key Debates: implicit motivation and extrinsic rewards4. Constructivist Theories; Profile: Jean Piaget; Key Debates: stage theory; Profile: Chris Athey; Key Debates: egocentrism; 5. Socio-cultural Theories and Social Constructivism; Profile: Lev Vygostsky; Key Debates: language and thought; Profile: Jerome Bruner; Key Debates: effective schooling; Profile: Urie Bronfenbrenner; 6. Multiple Intelligences; Profile: Howard Gardner; Key Debates: is MIT reliable, consistent or credible?; Key Debates: is learning visible?; 7. Cognitive Psychology; Profile: Ulric Neisser.
  • Key Debates: the brain as computerKey Debates: of one mind?; 8. Neuroscience; Profile: Susan Greenfield; Profile: Vilayanur Ramachandran; Key Debates: critical or sensitive periods; Key Debates: neuroscience and early education; 9. Cognition and Disposition; Profile: Carl Rogers; Profile: Ferre Laevers; Profile: Guy Claxton; Profile: Daniel Goleman; Profile: Carol Dweck; Key Debates: can schools teach young children effectively?; 10. Complex Human Learning
  • Narrative, Imagination, Music and Creative Thinking; Key Debates: knowing minds; Profile: Ken Robinson.