Children of the Dispossessed - Far-West Preschoolers 30 Years On, 2nd Edition

This work offers a consideration of the nature of intelligence, cultural disadvantage, educational programs for culturally different people. In this longitudinal study, profiles of development and expression of competencies are presented.

List of contents

Foreword
Preface to the Revised Edition
Introduction.
What is Intelligence
The Great Debate
Deprivation, Disadvantage, or Difference?
Early Childhood Education: Success or Failure?
Cultural Disadvantage in Australia
An Australian Preschool
Potential, Competence, and Performance-A Conceptual Framework
Questions and Assumptions
Principles and Practice
The Programs Achievements and Lessons
Appendices
References
Index

About the author

Barry Nurcombe, Susan-Lee Walker, Philip De Lacey

Product details

• Authors: Philip De Lacey, Barry Nurcombe, Nurcombe Barry, Susan-Lee Walker, Walker Susan-Lee
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.1999
• EAN: 9781567504200
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-420-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Psychology: Developmental