Tizard, Barbara.

Young children learning / Barbara Tizard and Martin Hughes ; with a new foreword by Judy Dunn. - 2nd ed. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2002. - xvi, 247 p. ; 23 cm. - Understanding children's worlds .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-240) and indexes.

Why we studied children learning -- How we carried out this study -- Learning at home : play, games, stories, and 'lessons' -- Learning at home : living and talking together -- The puzzling mind of the four-year-old -- Working-class verbal deprivation : myth or reality? -- An afternoon with Donna and her mother -- How the children fared at nursery school -- The working-class girls, including Donna, at school -- The gap between home and nursery school -- Young children learning.

0631236155 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2002008001


Learning, Psychology of.
Children--Language.
Cognition in children.
Home and school.
Mother and child.
Nursery schools.
Teacher-student relationships.
Speech and social status.

BF318 / .T59 2002

155.42/3315