Self and Story in Early Childhood - Hugh Crago

Self and Story in Early Childhood

Children’s Developing Minds Revealed by Parent-led Research

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Buch | Hardcover
318 Seiten
2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-01462-3 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
In this book, Hugh Crago brings out the implications of previously unpublished parent-led research to highlight how much children can achieve without formal teaching, but with the supportive presence of a trusted adult who will participate with them in the story experience.
Our children grow up into a world of stories—in books, on screens—but what do they make of the stories we offer them? What do they think and feel as they listen to a parent read a picture-book? What if a story confuses or upsets them?

Over the past fifty years, several intelligent, committed mothers undertook the onerous task of recording exactly what their children said and did in response to the stories they shared. Some of their records extended over five years, or even longer. Their research, done without funding or academic supervision, offers us unparalleled insight into children’s minds long before they learn to speak—let alone learn to read.

In Self and Story in Early Childhood, Hugh Crago draws on his unusual combination of expertise in literary studies, developmental psychology and psychotherapy to re-examine the startling implications of this neglected body of evidence. He highlights how much children can achieve without formal teaching, but with the supportive presence of a trusted adult who will participate with them in the story experience.

This book will be of great interest to scholars of developmental psychology, early literacy and narratology, as well as to professionals working with preschoolers. Most of all, it will fascinate parents who themselves share stories with their child.

Hugh Crago has lectured in several universities and has published nine books and many articles. He was himself a parent-researcher alongside his wife, Maureen Crago. He lives in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney, Australia.

Acknowledgements List of Tables Preface Part I - Foundations for Understanding: 1. Stories, Pictures and Young Children Part 2 - The Evidence: 2. Self in the Mirror of Story (Infancy to Early Speech) 3. Limits and Losses (Two to Three-and-a-Half) 4. The Magic Year (Three-and-a-Half to Four-and-a-Half) 5. ‘A Freestanding Fictional World’ (Four-and-a-Half to Seven) Part 3 - Conclusions: 6. The Interaction of Self and Story Children's Books Mentioned in the Text Scholarly References Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 13 Tables, black and white; 8 Halftones, color; 8 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 780 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10 1-032-01462-8 / 1032014628
ISBN-13 978-1-032-01462-3 / 9781032014623
Zustand Neuware
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