Publisher's Synopsis
This fascinating account of an unusual research project challenges many assumptions about how young children learn and how best to teach them. In particular it turns upside-down the commonly held belief that professionals know better than parents how to educate and bring up children; and it throws doubt on the theory that working-class children underachieve at school because of a language deficit at home. The second edition of this bestselling text includes a new introduction by Judy Dunn.
- Fascinating account of an unusual research project challenges many assumptions about how young children.
- Turns upside-down the commonly held belief that professionals know better than parents how to educate and bring up children.
- Throws doubt on the theory that working-class children underachieve at school because of a language deficit at home.
- The authors' evidence is the children's own conversations which are quoted extensively and are delightful.
- The second edition of this bestselling text includes an introduction by Judy Dunn.
