Young Minds in Social Worlds: Experience, Meaning, and Memory

by Katherine Nelson

Book Overview

Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that children be seen not as scientists but as members of a community of minds, striving not only to make sense, but also to share meanings with others.

A child is always part of a social world, yet the child's experience is private. So, Nelson argues, we must study children in the context...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674034864
• ISBN13: 9780674034860
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"