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The Mind's Staircase: Exploring the Conceptual Underpinnings of Children's Thought and Knowledge Robbie Case 1st edition
The Mind's Staircase: Exploring the Conceptual Underpinnings of Children's Thought and Knowledge
Robbie Case
The shortcomings of Piaget's theory of intellectual development are well-known. Less clear is what sort of theory should be devised to replace it. This volume describes the current "main contenders," including neo-Piagetian, neo-connectionist, neo-innatist and sociocultural models. Its contributors conclude that none of these models are adequate because each one implies a view of the human mind which is either too general, too particular, or too modular. A collaborative program of research -- seven years in the making -- is then described, which gives support to a newly emerging synthesis of these various positions.
424 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780805803242 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Pages | 430 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 239 × 32 mm · 730 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Case, Robbie |