Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009139962/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 27 of
27
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract """Testing and technology" has become a mantra in American schools, reaching down as far as kindergarten and preschool as politicians and policy-makers aim to ensure that our country has a competitive edge in today's information-based economy. But top educators and child development experts are battling such reforms. Here, educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development, and sometimes fueling mental illness. These experts, including a Pulitzer-Prize nominee, explain why play is not a luxury, but rather a necessity of learning." "This book also spotlights a program at Yale University that, in response to the dearth of play in preschool curricula, emphasized learning through play for youngsters. Children who participated scored significantly higher on tests of school readiness. In addition, an internationally recognized expert explains why - in striking contrast to U.S. policies starting academics in preschool - several European countries are raising the age when they begin formal schooling to 6 or 7"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12877220.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description """Testing and technology" has become a mantra in American schools, reaching down as far as kindergarten and preschool as politicians and policy-makers aim to ensure that our country has a competitive edge in today's information-based economy. But top educators and child development experts are battling such reforms.".
- catalog description ""This book also spotlights a program at Yale University that, in response to the dearth of play in preschool curricula, emphasized learning through play for youngsters. Children who participated scored significantly higher on tests of school readiness. In addition, an internationally recognized expert explains why - in striking contrast to U.S. policies starting academics in preschool - several European countries are raising the age when they begin formal schooling to 6 or 7"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Here, educators, neurologists, and psychologists explain how the high-stakes testing movement, and the race to wire classrooms, is actually stunting our children's intellects, blocking brain development, and sometimes fueling mental illness. These experts, including a Pulitzer-Prize nominee, explain why play is not a luxury, but rather a necessity of learning."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Sharna Olfman -- Part I. The power of play in early childhood education -- The vital role of play in early childhood education / Joan Almon 17 -- The role for play in the preschool curriculum / Dorothy G. Singer [and others] 43 -- Early childhood education : lessons from Europe / Christopher Clouder 71 -- Part II. Wired classrooms/wired brains -- Cybertots : technology and the preschool child / Jane M. Healy 83 -- Handmade minds in the digital age / Frank R. Wilson 111 -- Part III : Building blocks of intellectual development : emotion and imagination -- Imagination and the growth of the human mind / Jeffrey Kane and Heather Carpenter 125 -- The vital role of emotion in education / Stuart Shanker 143 -- Part IV. A mental health crisis among our children : the rise of technologies and demise of play -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children : one consequence of the rise of technologies and demise of play? / Thomas Armstrong 161 -- Play and the transformation of feeling : Niki's case / Eva-Maria Simms 177 -- Pathogenic trends in early childhood education / Sharna Olfman 193.".
- catalog extent "viii, 215 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0275977684 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Childhood in America".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Praeger,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "372.21 21".
- catalog subject "Child development.".
- catalog subject "Early childhood education United States Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "LB1139.25 .A44 2003".
- catalog subject "Learning.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Sharna Olfman -- Part I. The power of play in early childhood education -- The vital role of play in early childhood education / Joan Almon 17 -- The role for play in the preschool curriculum / Dorothy G. Singer [and others] 43 -- Early childhood education : lessons from Europe / Christopher Clouder 71 -- Part II. Wired classrooms/wired brains -- Cybertots : technology and the preschool child / Jane M. Healy 83 -- Handmade minds in the digital age / Frank R. Wilson 111 -- Part III : Building blocks of intellectual development : emotion and imagination -- Imagination and the growth of the human mind / Jeffrey Kane and Heather Carpenter 125 -- The vital role of emotion in education / Stuart Shanker 143 -- Part IV. A mental health crisis among our children : the rise of technologies and demise of play -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children : one consequence of the rise of technologies and demise of play? / Thomas Armstrong 161 -- Play and the transformation of feeling : Niki's case / Eva-Maria Simms 177 -- Pathogenic trends in early childhood education / Sharna Olfman 193.".
- catalog title "All work and no play... : how educational reforms are harming our preschoolers / edited by Sharna Olfman.".
- catalog type "text".