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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.4
EAN num: 9780195171556
ISBN number: 0195171551
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: May 06, 2004
Publishing house: Oxford University Press, USA
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Parents and teachers yesterday 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 of competing 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 very 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. These dialogues enhance language skills, reasoning ability, problem-solving strategies, the capacity to bring action under the control of thought, and the child's cultural and moral values. Berk explains how children weave the voices of more expert cultural members into dialogues with themselves. When puzzling, difficult, or stressful circumstances arise, children call on this private speech to guide and control their thinking and behavior. In addition to providing clear roles for parents and teachers, Berk also offers concrete suggestions for creating and evaluating quality educational environments--at home, in child care, in preschool, and in primary school--and addresses the unique challenges of helping children with special needs.
Parents, Berk writes, need a consistent way of thinking about their role in children's lives, one that can guide them in making effective child-rearing decisions. Awakening Children's Minds gives us the basic guidance we need to raise caring, thoughtful, intelligent children.
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This book gives an outstanding overview of developmental psychology with an emphasis on guided participation. The book is very clear and easy to understand. Dr. Berk makes a convicing case that the interaction of children with caregivers and teachers has a profound influence on cognitive development. The book is particularly relevant to parents who are raising children with autism. The concepts are very consistent with the autism remediation strategies of Dr. Steven Gutstein in his book Autism Aspergers: Solving the Relationship Puzzle.
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This book is wonderful! Berk gives great insight and realistic ideas to better help both teachers and parents alike to understand and foster development in children.
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