| | Children's Minds |  | Author: Margaret Donaldson
Publisher: Fontana Press
Category: Book
List Price: £1.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 334792
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 0006352871
EAN: 9780006352877
ASIN: 0006352871
Publication Date: April 27, 1978
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Good for uni January 28, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book has helped immensely when writing essays for uni. My course is 'Education, Culture & Society', and this book blends the 3 elements perfectly! Good evidence referred to throughout, as well as references to clear and varied opinions.
um...AMAZING December 4, 2000
127 out of 151 found this review helpful
I really have to agree with the other reviews displayed here. This book is fantastic; it is clearly written, a beautiful length (!) and well supported with much experimental evidence. Donaldson's theories about the importance of reading in a child's development of his/her self awareness, the importance of pupil error in education, and how, as educators, we should try and encourage recognition of error should be taken note of. Digestable Developmental Psychology .
More than an Introduction.... January 15, 2000
196 out of 201 found this review helpful
Donaldson's ground breaking book is much more than a mere 'introduction' to child development. Dondaldson's work turned long held notions about the nature of the chid upside down! The book is a critical examination of the work of Piaget and whilst showing the importance of Piaget's work to the disipline she teases out some of the problems with his work. She asks the questions: are children really egocentric? Was Piaget's methodology all it should have been? Are children individials first who become social beings? Or is it (As Vygotsky thought) the other way around? She clearly demonstrates by experiments of her own and those of others on the Edinburgh cognition project that children are capable of much more than Piaget ever gave them credit for! The book also clearly sets out Piagetian theory and stages. This book should be mandoratory reading for everyone involved in the education of the very young. Discard your outdated notions of 'dicovery' learning read this book. If you only ever read one psychology book it should be this one!
A very good introductory guide to child psychology April 23, 1999
41 out of 101 found this review helpful
Bloody good read
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