Learning to Think - Paperback

by Paul Light (Editor), Sue Sheldon (Editor), Martin Woodhead (Editor)

The popular image, derived from Piaget, of the child as a solitary thinker struggling to construct a personal understanding of the mathematical and logical properties of the physical world has given way in recent years to a view of children's learning and thinking as embedded in social relationships. This shift is here reflected in a set of readings which show the child being initiated into shared cultural understandings through close relationships with parents and teachers, as well as siblings and peers.

Author Biography

Light, Paul; Sheldon, Sue; Woodhead, Martin