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Author: Lawrence E. Harrison
Publisher: Madison Books
Published: 2000-03-15
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1461731321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1985, Underdevelopment Is a State of Mind_ was one of the first studies to examine Latin America's rocky development as cultural, rather than colonial, byproduct.
Author: Lawrence E. Harrison
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study the author offers a new way of looking at development and underdevelopment, one that explains why some countries and some ethnic groups do better than others. After 20 years of working on Latin America's development problems, the author is convinced that it is the way Latin Americans see the world that principally explains why Latin America is underdeveloped and unstable, with its wealth and land so inequitably distributed. The book challenges a conventional wisdom, subscribed to around the world, that blames the rich countries for the poverty of the poor countries.
Author: Lawrence E. Harrison
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Virginia Slaughter
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2016-11-01
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 131760833X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheory of Mind Development in Context is the first book of its kind to explore how children’s environments shape their theory of mind and, in turn, their ability to interact effectively with others. Based on world-leading research, and inspired by the ground-breaking work of Candida Peterson, the original collected chapters demonstrate that children’s understanding of other people is shaped by their everyday environment. Specifically, the chapters illustrate how theory of mind development varies with broad cultural context, socioeconomic status, institutional versus home rearing, family size, parental communication style, and aspects of schooling. The volume also features research showing that, by virtue of their condition, children who are deaf or who have an autism spectrum disorder function in environments that differ from those of typical children and this in turn influences their theory of mind. Although much important research has emphasized the role of nature in theory of mind development, this book highlights that children’s understanding of other people is nurtured through their everyday experiences and interactions. This perspective is essential for students, researchers, and practitioners to gain a complete understanding of how this fundamental skill develops in humans. The book is invaluable for academic researchers and advanced students in developmental psychology, education, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and the social sciences, as well as practicing psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists, particularly those who deal with disorders involving social and/or communicative deficits.
Author: L. S. Vygotsky
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0674076699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But somewhat ironically, his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society should correct much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky’s important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English. The Vygotsky who emerges from these pages can no longer be glibly included among the neobehaviorists. In these essays he outlines a dialectical-materialist theory of cognitive development that anticipates much recent work in American social science. The mind, Vygotsky argues, cannot be understood in isolation from the surrounding society. Man is the only animal who uses tools to alter his own inner world as well as the world around him. From the handkerchief knotted as a simple mnemonic device to the complexities of symbolic language, society provides the individual with technology that can be used to shape the private processes of mind. In Mind in Society Vygotsky applies this theoretical framework to the development of perception, attention, memory, language, and play, and he examines its implications for education. The result is a remarkably interesting book that is bound to renew Vygotsky’s relevance to modern psychological thought.
Author: Lawrence E. Harrison
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elena Bodrova
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-04-24
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1040005438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in its third edition, this classic text remains the seminal resource for in-depth information about major concepts and principles of the cultural-historical theory developed by Lev Vygotsky, his students, and colleagues, as well as three generations of neo-Vygotskian scholars in Russia and the West. Featuring two new chapters on brain development and scaffolding in the zone of proximal development, as well as additional content on technology, dual language learners, and students with disabilities, this new edition provides the latest research evidence supporting the basics of the cultural-historical approach alongside Vygotskian-based practical implications. With concrete explanations and strategies on how to scaffold young children’s learning and development, this book is essential reading for students of early childhood theory and development.
Author: Janet W. Astington
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780521386531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of empirical reports and conceptual analyses written by leading researchers in an exciting new area of the cognitive sciences. The book examines a fundamental change that occurs in children's cognition between the ages of two and six.
Author: Douglas Fisher
Publisher: International Reading Assoc.
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780872077775
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCall it neuronal networks or schema-building or just good teaching. The historical, neurological, and educational fields point to the same advice-let me show you, then you can make it your own.
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Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13: 0821372823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first report deals with some of the major development issues confronting the developing countries and explores the relationship of the major trends in the international economy to them. It is designed to help clarify some of the linkages between the international economy and domestic strategies in the developing countries against the background of growing interdependence and increasing complexity in the world economy. It assesses the prospects for progress in accelerating growth and alleviating poverty, and identifies some of the major policy issues which will affect these prospects.
