Margaret Donaldson's seminal work on child development, first published in 1978, has become a classic inquiry into the nature of human thought.In this concise and brilliantly readable book, Margaret Donaldson shows that context is key when it comes to the development of language and thought, and how the right support can ensure children are skilled in these areas before they even start school. She revisits earlier theories of child development, notably those of Jean Piaget, to expose flaws in the accepted wisdom on child psychology and to suggest a range of new strategies to help children combat difficulties.As wise and perceptive today as it was when it first appeared, Margaret Donaldson's bestselling work is essential reading for anyone interested in child development and child psychology.

Childrens Minds

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Donaldson, Margaret

Psychology & Counseling

HarperCollins, Publishers

Human Minds: An Exploration

In this expansion of the ideas expressed in her work, "Children's Minds", the author presents a study of the development of the mind from birth to maturity. The author's argument brings into focus certain questions about the relations between thought and emotion: are our emotions bound to remain relatively primitive by comparison with our sophisticated forms of thought, as is often assumed? Or do we have open to us advanced forms of emotional development that are commonly unrealized? She questions the characteristics of the world's great religions, particularly Buddhism, which emerges as relevant in what it has to say about certain forms of personal growth. The author also wrote "A Study of Children's Thinking".

Science & Math

Penguin??Books

Children's Minds

W.W.Norton&Company

How and when does a child begin to make sense of the world? Why does a lively preschool child so often become a semiliterate and defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donaldson shows that much of the intellectual framework on which we base our teaching is misleading. We both underestimate the astonishing rational powers of young children and ignore the major stumbling block that children face when starting school.
Given a setting and a language that makes sense to them in human terms, very young children can perform tasks often thought to be beyond them. The preschool child learns everything in a human situation. Only in school is he asked to acquire skills―reading, writing, arithmetic―isolated from a real-life context. This transition is difficult.
The author suggests a range of strategies that parents and schools can adopt to help children. She argues that reading is even more important than we have thought it to be, since learning to read ca actually speed children through the crucial transition.
This book is an essential source of guidance for parents and all who contribute to a child's education.

Journey into War

scholastic

Margery Mo is upset because she has argued with her brother Joe, so she retreats to her "magic" island where she discovers the wonderful princess Poppadom might be able to help her.

Margery Mo's Magic Island (Picture Books)

GLIORI, DEBI

Literature & Fiction

Scholastic Ltd.

A collection of essays presenting a selection of research in development psychology. Contributors include - Catherine Garvey, Zick Rubin, W. George Scarlett, Jane Morgan, Christopher O'Neill, Rom Harre, Donna R. Weston, Elliott Turiel, Carole L. Menig-Peterson, Sinclair Rogers, Elizabeth J. Robinson, W. Peter Robinson, Martin Hughes, Robert Grieve, R. N. Campbell, Theresa Bowe Macdonald, Gordon Wells, Jessie F. Reid, James McGarrigle, Rochel Gelman, C. Randy Gallistel, Peter E. Bryant, H. Kpytynska, Ann L. Brown, Judy S. DeLoache, Jerome S. Bruner, Helene Borke, Lev S. Vygotsky, Paul L Harris, William E. Tunmer, Chris Pratt and Courtney B. Cazden.

Early Childhood Development and Education: Readings in Psychology (Readings in Psychology)

Pratt, Chris

Grieve, Robert

Blackwell*publishers

A developmental psychologist identifies four separate but interdependent types of human thought in a ground-breaking new model of the way the human mind develops from infancy to maturity.

The Penguin Press

An acclaimed developmental psychologist sums up years of research and draws from history and theology to present a dramatic new model of the way the mind develops from infancy to maturity. 10,000 first printing.

Self-Help

Viking Adult

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Childrens Minds

Human Minds: An Exploration

Children's Minds

Children's Minds

Journey into War

Margery Mo's Magic Island (Picture Books)

Early Childhood Development and Education: Readings in Psychology (Readings in Psychology)

Human Minds: An Exploration

Human Minds: An Exploration