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Engel argues that the “scientist in a crib” view held by many parents and teachers encourages them to expect more logical reasoning and emotional self-control from children than they possess. She provides an overview of what modern developmental psychologists have learned about children's developing powers of perception and capacity for reasoning.

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For a clue to what young children are really thinking, Susan Engel urges us to set aside our theories for a while as we listen anew to the children and watch them play. With humor and insight she celebrates the child's unique and ever-changing role playing and realities, and she calls upon us to make more sense of our research and teaching by seeing the children not as subjects but as co-discoverers. -- Vivian Gussin Paley, author of In Mrs. Tully's Room

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 03/10/2005
      ISBN13: 9780674018839, 978-0674018839
      ISBN10: 0674018834
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      Book Synopsis
      Engel argues that the “scientist in a crib” view held by many parents and teachers encourages them to expect more logical reasoning and emotional self-control from children than they possess. She provides an overview of what modern developmental psychologists have learned about children's developing powers of perception and capacity for reasoning.

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      For a clue to what young children are really thinking, Susan Engel urges us to set aside our theories for a while as we listen anew to the children and watch them play. With humor and insight she celebrates the child's unique and ever-changing role playing and realities, and she calls upon us to make more sense of our research and teaching by seeing the children not as subjects but as co-discoverers. -- Vivian Gussin Paley, author of In Mrs. Tully's Room

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