Awakening Children's Minds: How Parents and Teachers Can Make a Difference

by Laura E. Berk

Book Overview

Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Now, in Awakening Children's Minds, Laura Berk cuts through the confusion of competing theories, offering a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how they can make a difference in children's lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195171551
• ISBN13: 9780195171556
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book on Important Role of Parenting

This book gives an outstanding overview of developmental psychology with an emphasis on guided participation. The book is very clear and easy to understand. Dr. Berk makes a convicing case that the interaction of children with caregivers and teachers has a profound influence on cognitive development. The book is particularly relevant to parents who are raising children with autism. The concepts are very consistent with the autism remediation strategies of Dr. Steven Gutstein in his book Autism Aspergers: Solving the Relationship Puzzle.

Excellent!

This book is wonderful! Berk gives great insight and realistic ideas to better help both teachers and parents alike to understand and foster development in children.