Miseducation : preschoolers at risk / David Elkind.
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 372.21 ELK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AL42000175498B |
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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