Cognitive development

Summary: "... introduction to the main theories around cognitive development in early childhood. Easy to read and written by an expert, it covers the main theorists, the research methods they used, the key debates and issues they started and how the debates have changes over time." --publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9781444180572 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: print
iv, 124 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: London : Hodder Education, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction to cognitive development -- 2. Intelligence -- 3. Behaviourism -- 4. Constructivist theories -- 5. Socio-cultural theories and social constructivism -- 6. Multiple intelligences -- 7. Cognitive psychology -- 8. Neuroscience -- 9. Cognition and disposition -- 10. Complex human learning: narrative, imagination, music and creative thinking.