| Description |
1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; CHAPTER 1: CHILDREN AND EVERYDAY COGNITION; CHAPTER 2: ENVIRONMENTAL COGNITION FOR CHILDREN'S LEARNING; CHAPTER 3: TOWARDS A GLOBAL VIEW; CHAPTER 4: PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN; CHAPTER 5: CHILDREN'S LIFE-WORLDS; CHAPTER 6: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN; CHAPTER 7: IDENTITY-BUILDING; CHAPTER 8: EXPLORING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN'S MEMORIES OF PLACE; CHAPTER 9: CHILDREN'S THINKING ABOUT GRAPHICS; CHAPTER 10: CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS; CHAPTER 11: HELPING CHILDREN TO ANALYSE A CHANGING WORLD. |
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CHAPTER 12: PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN VISUAL-SPATIAL THINKINGCHAPTER 13: 'I HAVEN'T FULLY DISCOVERED IT YET'; CHAPTER 14: DEVELOPING SPATIAL INDEPENDENCE AMONG CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES; CHAPTER 15: ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS: CROSS-CULTURAL VIEWS; CHAPTER 16: CHILDREN'S PERCEPTIONS OF SPACE; CHAPTER 17: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SITUATED LEARNING; CONCLUSION; Index. |
| Summary |
Young people who live most of their lives in the 21st centuryface dilemmas hardly experienced in the 20th century world:the rapid compression of space and time; an unprecedented rateof cultural and technological change; the dissolution of manytraditional boundaries. Already, children live in a world unknownto us in our childhood - they 'surf the net', play virtual gamesand interact with cyberspace. What skills are required to help children navigate these verydifferent spaces? How. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cognition in children -- Study and teaching.
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Cognition in children -- Study and teaching. |
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Cognition in children. |
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Experience in children.
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Experience in children. |
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Reasoning in children -- Study and teaching.
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Reasoning in children -- Study and teaching. |
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Reasoning in children. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Robertson, Margaret, 1948-
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Gerber, Rodney.
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Australian Council for Educational Research.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Child's world. Camberwell, Vic. : Australian Council for Educational Research, 2000 0864313012 (OCoLC)44894734 |
| ISBN |
0585497648 (electronic book) |
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9780585497648 (electronic book) |
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