Elkind, David, 1931-

Miseducation : preschoolers at risk / David Elkind. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf, 1987. - xv, 221 p. ; 22 cm. - Borzoi book. .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 211-213.

Education and miseducation -- Superkids: miseducation parent style -- The competent child: miseducation in the schools -- Status, competitions, and computers: miseducation as a response to social pressure -- Trust and autonomy versus mistrust, shame, and doubt -- Initiative and belonging versus guit and alienation -- Industry and competence versus inferiority and helplessness -- Making healthy education choices -- Questions parents ask.

Provides evidence that young children and school-aged children learn in totally different ways and, on that basis, takes issue with the current trend toward early formed academic and physical instruction for children to age four.

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Fehleranalyse.
Kleinkinderziehung.
Stress.
Erziehungsziel.
Vorschulkind.
Stress en ninős--Estados Unidos.
Stress en nin̋os--Estados Unidos.
Educación preescolar--Estados Unidos.
Padres e hijos--Estados Unidos.
Education, Preschool--United States.
Stress in children--United States.
Education, Preschool.
Éducation préscolaire--États-Unis.
Stress chez l'enfant--États-Unis.
Parent and child.
Stress in children.
Parent and child--United States.
Erziehungsziel.
Vorschulkind.
Fehleranalyse.
Kleinkinderziehung.
Stress.
Preschool education--United States.
Parent-child relationship--United States.
Parent and child--United States.


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