The Intellectual Lives of Children

Susan Engel has spent her career observing and interacting with children as they learn. Drawing on a wealth of research-her own and others'-Engel shows parents and teachers how they can better nurture the intellectual lives of kids by recognizing learning that might go unnoticed and by creatively encouraging curiosity and problem solving.

About the author

Susan Engel teaches developmental psychology at Williams College, where she is the founding director of the Program in Teaching. She is the author of eight books, including The Hungry Mind. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Salon, and The Atlantic.

Summary

Susan Engel has spent her career observing and interacting with children as they learn. Drawing on a wealth of research—her own and others’—Engel shows parents and teachers how they can better nurture the intellectual lives of kids by recognizing learning that might go unnoticed and by creatively encouraging curiosity and problem solving.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Engel, Engel Susan, Eugene M. Fishel
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780674278646
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27864-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Popular psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Cognitivism, cognitive theory, Educational strategies and policy