Awakening Children's Minds

Parents and teachers today face a swirl of conflicting theories about child rearing and educational practice. Indeed, current guides are contradictory, oversimplified, and at odds with current scientific knowledge. Now, in Awakening Children's Minds, Laura Berk cuts through the confusion of competing theories, offering a new way of thinking about the roles of parents and teachers and how they can make a difference in children's lives.

Laura E. Berk is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University. She is a leading authority on early childhood development and education, with more than thirty years of research experience and numerous publications, including three popular texts and articles in publications such as Psychology Today and Scientific American. She lives in Normal, Illinois.

1: A New View of Child Development
2: The Social Origins of Mental Life
3: Why Children Talk to Themselves
4: Learning Through Make-Believe Play
5: Helping Children with Deficits and Disabilities
6: Learning in Classrooms
7: The Child in Contemporary Culture
Conclusion: A Vision for Parenting and Educational Practice