All work and no play-- : how educational reforms are harming our preschoolers
Educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development and sometimes fueling mental illness.
viii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
9780275977689, 0275977684
1158752856
Introduction by Sharna OlfmanThe Power of Play in Early Childhood EducationThe Vital Role of Play in Early Childhood Education by Joan AlmonA Role for Play in the Preschool Curriculum by Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome Singer, Sharon L. Plaskon, and Amanda E. SchwederEarly Childhood Education: Lessons from Europe by Christopher ClouderWired Classrooms/Wired BrainsCybertots: Technology and the Preschool Child by Jane HealyHand-Made Minds in the "Digital" Age by Frank R. WilsonBuilding Blocks of Intellectual Development: Emotion and ImaginationImagination and the Growth of the Human Mind by Jeffrey Kane and Heather CarpenterThe Vital Role of Emotion in Education by Stuart ShankerA Mental Health Crisis among Our Children: The Rise of Technologies and Demise of PlayAttention/Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: One Consequence of the Rise of Technologies and Demise of Play? by Thomas ArmstrongPlay and the Transformation of Feeling: Niki's Case by Eva-Maria SimmsPathogenic Trends in Early Childhood Education by Sharna Olfman
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