Philip Delacey, Barry Nurcombe, Susan-Lee Walker

Children of the Dispossessed

Far-West Preschoolers 30 Years On, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781567504217
• ISBN-10: 1567504213
• Artikelnr.: 22510289

Autorenporträt

BARRY NURCOMBE is Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, University of Queensland. SUSAN-LEE WALKER is committee member and advisor to the Warrawong Child and Family Center. PHILIP DE LACEY is part-time Associate Professor responsible for the experimental preschool program in Bourke, New South Wales. He was the first chairman of the Department of Education at the Wollongong University College of the University of N. S. W.. and subsequently of the University of Wollongong. His research interests include psychology in education, child development, early-enrichment and pre-literacy programs, `quality' in university education, atypical children.

Inhaltsangabe

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