Education & MAEd Students

hese complaints are not invalid. Clinical research has only begun. Extensive studies by developmental researchers have, however, strongly supported the importance Applies sophisticated contemporary understanding of the role of play in child development to the work of mental health professionals who are trying to design intervention and prevention programs that can be empirically evaluated.

Covers what is transpiring in this new paradigm from the developmental scientists working at the cutting edge, from neural mechanisms to population studies, and from basic laboratory science to clinical and community interventions.

Provides facts, concepts and discussions about almost any aspect of the thoughts, feelings and actions of the growing child or adolescent.

Identifies factors that contribute to the current crisis in education, which is now felt throughout the world, reports on some innovative projects that give hope for the future, and surveys recent results in cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and educational psychology.

Discusses how to identify individual learning patterns. He explains how parents and teachers can encourage a child's strengths and bypass the child's weaknesses.

Offers a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and argues that adult-child communication in shared activities is the wellspring of psychological development. These dialogues enhance language skills, reasoning ability, problem-solving strategies, the capacity to bring action under the control of thought, and the child's cultural and moral values.