Young Children Learning

by Tizard, Barbara; Hughes, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780631236153
• ISBN10: 0631236155
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This fascinating account of an unusual research project challenges many assumptions about how young children learn and how best to teach them. In particular it turns upside-down the commonly held belief that professionals know better than parents how to educate and bring up children; and it throws doubt on the theory that working-class children underachieve at school because of a language deficit at home. The second edition of this bestselling text includes a new introduction by Judy Dunn. Fascinating account of an unusual research project challenges many assumptions about how young children. Turns upside-down the commonly held belief that professionals know better than parents how to educate and bring up children. Throws doubt on the theory that working-class children underachieve at school because of a language deficit at home. The authors' evidence is the children's own conversations which are quoted extensively and are delightful. The second edition of this bestselling text includes an introduction by Judy Dunn.

Author Biography

Martin Hughes is Professor in the Psychology of Education and Head of School at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Why We Studied Children Learning

How We Carried Out this Study

Learning at Home: Play, Games, Stories and 'Lessons'

Learning at Home: Living and Talking Together

The Puzzling Mind of the Four-Year-Old

Working-class Verbal Deprivation: Myth or Reality?

An Afternoon with Donna and Her Mother

How the Children Fared at Nursery School

The Working-class Girls, Including Donna, at School

The Gap Between Home and Nursery School

Young Children Learning

Statistical Appendix

Notes

Index of Children

General Index

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