Intellectual Growth In Young Children
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the intersection of developmental psychology and progressive education theory stands Intellectual Growth in Young Children, a landmark work that fundamentally reshaped how educators and parents understand the minds of young children. Susan Isaacs chronicles her meticulous observations of children between the ages of two and eight at the Malting House School in Cambridge, presenting a rich and granular account of how children reason, question, and construct their understanding of the world through play and direct experience. Drawing on detailed records of children's conversations and behaviour, she argues convincingly that young children are far more capable of logical and scientific thinking than the prevailing wisdom of her era acknowledged, positioning their innate curiosity as the true engine of intellectual development. Isaacs writes with the dual authority of a trained psychologist and a practicing educator, weaving together Freudian theory with the observational rigour of empirical science to produce a portrait of childhood that is both intimate and intellectually formidable. Her work stands as a direct and persuasive challenge to the more rigid, stage-based models of child development, offering instead a vision of learning as a dynamic, socially embedded, and emotionally charged process. Decades after its first publication, this foundational text continues to provoke and inspire those who seek to understand the remarkable complexity of the young human mind — and to ask what truly nurturing a child's intelligence might look like in practice.
Author: Susan Isaacs
Format: Paperback
Genre: Education theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of developmental psychology and progressive education theory stands Intellectual Growth in Young Children, a landmark work that fundamentally reshaped how educators and parents understand the minds of young children. Susan Isaacs chronicles her meticulous observations of children between the ages of two and eight at the Malting House School in Cambridge, presenting a rich and granular account of how children reason, question, and construct their understanding of the world through play and direct experience. Drawing on detailed records of children's conversations and behaviour, she argues convincingly that young children are far more capable of logical and scientific thinking than the prevailing wisdom of her era acknowledged, positioning their innate curiosity as the true engine of intellectual development. Isaacs writes with the dual authority of a trained psychologist and a practicing educator, weaving together Freudian theory with the observational rigour of empirical science to produce a portrait of childhood that is both intimate and intellectually formidable. Her work stands as a direct and persuasive challenge to the more rigid, stage-based models of child development, offering instead a vision of learning as a dynamic, socially embedded, and emotionally charged process. Decades after its first publication, this foundational text continues to provoke and inspire those who seek to understand the remarkable complexity of the young human mind — and to ask what truly nurturing a child's intelligence might look like in practice.