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1、DevelopingThinkingandUnderstandinginYoungChildrenHowdochildren’sexperienceshelptodeveloptheirthinking?Fromthemomenttheyareborn,childrenareactivethinkers,usingalltheirsensestoexploreandmakesenseoftheirexperiencesandtocommunicatetheirthoughtstothosearoundthem.Practition
2、ersandparentsarekeentosupportandextendyoungchildren’sthinkingandunderstanding,throughthewaysinwhichtheyinteractwiththem,andtheactivitiestheyprovide.What,though,ismeantbythinking,andhowcanyoungchildren’sunderstandingbedeveloped?ThisessentialtextbookforstudentsonChildho
3、odStudiesandEarlyChildhoodStudiesprogrammeshelpfullycombinesintroductionstotheoriesaboutthinkingskillswithexamplesfrompractice,illustratingoftenabstractideasthroughtheuseofskilledobservationsofyoungchildren.Chaptersexplorethebasictheoriesbehindsuchtopicsas:●modelsofco
4、gnitivedevelopment–theauthorpullstogetherstrandsfromkeythinkerssuchasPiaget,VygotskyandBruner;●neuroscienceanditsrelationshiptoearlychildhood;●thesocial,emotionalandculturalcontextofchildren’sthinking,aswellasdiscussionof‘emotionalintelligence’;●languageandthought,inc
5、ludingchildren’suseofquestions,narrativeandtalkinpretendplay;●therelationshipbetweennatureandnurture;●whetherchildrencanthinkphilosophically;●youngchildren’sconceptionoftheworldaroundthem.Throughoutthebookimplicationsforpracticeareidentified,andapproachestodevelopingy
6、oungchildren’sthinkingareoutlinedandanalysed.DevelopingThinkingandUnderstandinginYoungChildrendrawstogetherthelatestresearchandwritingfromanumberofareas,includingeducation,socialcare,psychologyandhealth.Anystudent,practitionerorparentlookingforthekeytounderstandingand
7、encouragingyoungchildren’sthinkingwillfindthistextbookaninvaluablestartingpoint.SueRobsonisSeniorLecturerinEarlyChildhoodStudiesatRoehamptonUniversity,UK.DevelopingThinkingandUnderstandinginYoungChildrenAnintroductionforstudentsSueRobsonFirstpublished2006byRoutledge2P
8、arkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016Thi
