| Description |
x, 166 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Young Children Learning. 1. Thinking about young children learning. 2. Questions about schemas -- Pt. II. Children's Patterns of Behaviour and Learning. 3. Consistency, continuity and progression in young children's learning. 4. Schemas as consistent patterns of behaviour - studies of three children -- Pt. III. Schemas and the Development of Knowledge and Understanding. 5. Children's developing understanding of mathematical and scientific ideas. 6. Patterns of literacy. 7. Stories: nourishing children's thinking -- Pt. IV. Implications for Early Childhood Education. 8. A curriculum for thinking children. 9. Working with parents. 10. The roles and responsibilities of educators |
| Summary |
Threads of Thinking is a book for teachers in nursery and early education, and for other professional educators who wish to support and develop children's thinking. The author presents evidence of continuity and progression in young children's thinking and shows, with detailed observations, that young children are able and active learners. She considers aspects of children's patterns of learning and thinking - or schemas - and demonstrates clearly how children learn in an active, dynamic and creative way. Numerous examples of young children 'in action' are used, which illustrate their learning in the areas of literacy, mathematics and science. Implications for the roles and responsibilities of educators, work with parents, and curriculum development are discussed. Anyone who reads this book is sure to view the children they know and work with, in a new light |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-162) and indexes |
| Subject |
Cognition in children.
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Early childhood education -- Great Britain.
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Early childhood education.
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Learning, Psychology of.
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| LC no. |
94180302 |
| ISBN |
1853962171 |
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