The Myth of the First Three Years, a new understanding of early brain development and lifelong learning

BRUER, John T.

ISBN 10: 0684851849 / ISBN 13: 9780684851846

Editore: Free Press, New York, 1999

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First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket both appear as a very nice clean copy from the outside, but there is some underling and margin notes inside. Codice articolo 114195

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Titolo: The Myth of the First Three Years, a new ...

Casa editrice: Free Press, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 1999

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine

Edizione: prima edizione

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Riassunto:

A pointed challenge to the opinion that the most important development of the brain happens up to the age of three shows how development actually continues through life and that the early years have been harmfully overemphasized in educational theories.

Informazioni sull?autore:

John T. Bruer, Ph.D., has been President of the James S. McDonnell Foundation in St. Louis since 1986. He also works as a consultant on educational issues for the national media, including The New York Times Magazine. He is author of Schools for Thought: A Science of Learning in the Classroom. Dr. Bruer lives in St. Louis with his wife and two sons.