Exploring Cognitive Development: The Child As Problem Solver - Softcover

Garton, Alison F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631234586 ISBN 13: 9780631234586

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

This book uses the paradigm of the child as a problem solver to examine various theories of cognitive development.

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• Provides balanced coverage of a broad range of contemporary theories.
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• Focuses on collaborative tasks which are carried out with other children or adults.
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• Asks whether social interaction is the key to improvement in problem solving skills, or whether it is the skills and abilities that the child brings to the task that are paramount.
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• Draws on a wide range of research, including the author’s own research into dyadic problem solving.

About this title

Book Description:

This book uses the paradigm of the child as problem solver to explore various theories of cognitive development. Focusing on collaborative tasks that are undertaken with other children or adults, the author explores a broad range of contemporary theoretical perspectives that could account for children's thinking and learning. In particular, she asks whether social interaction is the key to improvement in problem-solving skills, or whether the skills and abilities that the child brings to the task are paramount. The book draws on several studies, including the author's own research into dyadic problem solving.

About the Author:

Alison F. Garton is Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. She is the author of Learning to be Literate (Blackwell Publishing, Second Edition, 1998) and Social Interaction and the Development of Language and Cognition (1992), and the editor of Systems of Representation in Children (1993).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0631234586
• ISBN 13: 9780631234586
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160