Marvelous minds : the discovery of what children know

Children have a spontaneous interest in the world around them - whether the workings of the earth, sun, and stars, the nature of number, time and space, or the functioning of the body. Yet what is there in children's minds that is the key to their knowledge? This book examines what children can...

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Autor principal: Siegal, Michael
Otros Autores: Michael Siegal
Lenguaje:Undetermined
English
Publicado: Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press 2008
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Sumario:Children have a spontaneous interest in the world around them - whether the workings of the earth, sun, and stars, the nature of number, time and space, or the functioning of the body. Yet what is there in children's minds that is the key to their knowledge? This book examines what children can and do know, based on extensive studies from a range of different cultures. Topics include 'theory of mind' - the knowledge that others may have beliefs that differ from one's own and from reality, astronomy and geography, food, health and hygiene, processes of life and death, number and arithmetic, as well as autism and brain research on language and attention
Descripción Física:253 p.
ill.
23 cm
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-245) and index
ISBN:9780199207053