Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories
about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current
guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current
scientific knowledge. Now, in Awakening Children's Minds, Laura
Berk cuts through the confusion of competing theories, offering a
new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how
they can make a difference in children's lives.
This is the first book to bring to a general audience, in lucid
prose richly laced with examples, truly state-of-the-art thinking
about child rearing and early education. Berk's central message is
that parents and teachers contribute profoundly to the development
of competent, caring, well-adjusted children. In particular, she
argues that adult-child communication in shared activities is the
wellspring of psychological development. These dialogues enhance
language skills, reasoning ability, problem-solving strategies, the
capacity to bring action under the control of thought, and the
child's cultural and moral values. Berk explains how children weave
the voices of more expert cultural members into dialogues with
themselves. When puzzling, difficult, or stressful circumstances
arise, children call on this private speech to guide and control
their thinking and behavior. In addition to providing clear roles
for parents and teachers, Berk also offers concrete suggestions for
creating and evaluating quality educational environments--at home,
in child care, in preschool, and in primary school--and addresses
the unique challenges of helping children with special needs.
Parents, Berk writes, need a consistent way of thinking about
their role in children's lives, one that can guide them in making
effective child-rearing decisions. Awakening Children's Minds gives
us the basic guidance we need to raise caring, thoughtful,
intelligent children.
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