Showing results for "The Politics of Development" in Education & Learning

Wondering when to expect baby's first word? Want to get your toddler talking? Worried your child is not speaking as clearly as his peers? When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questions, and Time to Talk has the answers.

Monica Sharma describes how we can source our inner capacities and wisdom to manifest change that embodies universal values such as dignity, compassion, fairness, and courage. Drawing on more than twenty years of work for the United Nations and elsewhere, she presents a radical new approach to...

Experts and the general public are convinced that young people today are trapped in an extended adolescence - coddled, unaccountable, and more reluctant to take on adult responsibilities than previous generations. Nancy Hill and Alexis Redding argue that what is perceived as stalled development is in fact typical. Those reprimanding today's youth have forgotten that they once balked at the transition to adulthood themselves.

Para tanto, Isilda Campaner Palangana examina os fundamentos metodológicos e as raízes epistemológicas dos postulados desses dois grandes mestres da psicologia da educação. Contribui, assim, para que se compreendam as convergências e divergências conceituais entre eles, sobretudo no que diz respeito ao papel da interação social na promoção da aprendizagem e do desenvolvimento das capacidades e funções psicológicas caracteristicamente humanas.