Developing Thinking and Understanding in Young Children : An Introduction for Students (Paperback, 2 New edition)

1. How can we think about young children’s thinking? 2. Theories of cognitive development ? learning to think and thinking to learn 3. The social, cultural and emotional contexts of thinking and understanding 4. The developing brain 5. Knowing about the mind: theory of mind, self-regulation and metacognition 6. Observing, describing and documenting children’s thinking and understanding 7. Language, communication and thought 8.Knowing about the world: the development of children’s concepts 9. Young children’s visual thinking 10. Young children’s thinking in music 11. Approaches to developing young children’s thinking and understanding Websites Bibliography Index