Making Sense: The Child's Construction of the World

Bruner, Jerome & Haste, Helen (editors)

ISBN 10: 0415580994 / ISBN 13: 9780415580991

Published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), London, 2011

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2011. [xii], 204pp. As new with no inscriptions. "The growing child comes to understand the world, makes sense of experience and becomes a competent social individual. First published in 1987, Making Sense reflected the way in which developmental psychologists had begun to look at these processes in increasingly naturalistic, social situations. Rather than seeing the child as working in isolation, the authors of this collection take the view that 'making sense' involves social interaction and problem-solving. They particularly emphasize the role of language; its study both reveals the child's grasp of the frames of meaning in a particular culture, and demonstrates the subtleties of concept development and role-taking.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Sense: The Child's Construction of the World
• Publisher: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), London
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415580994
• ISBN 13: 9780415580991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: New Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Social Sciences
  • Philosophy & Related

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Synopsis

The growing child comes to understand the world, makes sense of experience and becomes a competent social individual. First published in 1987, Making Sense reflected the way in which developmental psychologists had begun to look at these processes in increasingly naturalistic, social situations. Rather than seeing the child as working in isolation, the authors of this collection take the view that 'making sense' involves social interaction and problem-solving. They particularly emphasize the role of language; its study both reveals the child's grasp of the frames of meaning in a particular culture, and demonstrates the subtleties of concept development and role-taking.

About the Author

Jerome S. Bruner, Helen Haste