Cognitive development today : Piaget and his critics / Peter Sutherland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutherland, Peter.

Series:

Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980.

Piaget, Jean.

Cognition in children.

Child care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 204 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

London : Paul Chapman, 1992.

London, [England] : Paul Chapman Publishing, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text provides a general outline of the dominant schools of thought on cognitive development, with a focus on Piaget. His views are outlined and a range of critical responses and alternatives detailed in various chapters.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The Piagetian Legacy; Chapter 3 - The Role of Language; Chapter 4 - Vygotsky and the Vygotskyans; Chapter 5 - The Behaviourist Reaction; Chapter 6 - An Interventionist: Bruner; Chapter 7 - Criticisms of Specific Aspects of Piaget's Work: Bryant, Donaldson and Others; Chapter 8 - The Constructivist Movement; Chapter 9 - Other Important Contemporary Schools: Alternatives to Piaget; Chapter 10 - Loyal to the Founding Father: Fundamentalist, Post- and Neo-Piagetians; Chapter 11 - Where are We Now in Cognitive Development?

Chapter 12 - General Implications of Theories of Cognitive Development for TeachersChapter 13 - Feuerstein; Chapter 14 - The Effect on Education of These Viewpoints; Chapter 15 - Teaching Mathematics; Chapter 16 - The Secondary Teacher; Chapter 17 - Moral Development; Glossary; Bibliography and References; Subject Index; Name Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473914001

9781853961335

1473914000

9781446280591

1446280594

OCLC:

1017730860