Child Development and Education: A Piagetian Perspective

by David Elkind

A collection of essays covering a broad range of topics, including day care, the roots of homosexuality, generational conflict, and children's concepts of life and death. "Richly suggestive." ―Contemporary Psychology

Genres: Education

Paperback

First published November 18, 1976

About the author

David Elkind is an American child psychologist and author. His groundbreaking books The Hurried Child and Miseducation informed early childhood education professionals of the possible dangers of "pushing down" the elementary curriculum into the very early years of a child's life. By doing so, he argued, teachers and parents alike could lapse into developmentally inappropriate instructional and learning practices that may distort the smooth development of learning. He is associated with the belief of decline of social markers.

He also wrote Ties that Stress: The New Family Imbalance (1994), All Grown Up and No Place To Go (1988), and Reinventing Childhood (1988). His most recent article titled, "Can We Play?", is featured in Greater Good magazine (published by the Greater Good Science Center), and discusses how play is essential to positive human development but children are playing less than in previous eras.

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Reviews

[Hamza Razzak · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book presents a thorough illustration of some theories of the renowned developmental psychologist Jean Piaget, focusing on the education of children.

It explores the various stages children go through in their cognitive and learning processes. The author examines these processes by outlining Piaget’s main theories and discussing the scientific experiments he conducted, providing insight into how children develop understanding and knowledge over time

Even though it was published over half a century ago, i believe Piagetian ideas on education remain inescapable.