The Best Schools
- 182 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Armstrong describes the best practices in education based on what we currently know about human development.
David Elkind Book order
March 11, 1931
David Elkind, a distinguished child psychologist, explores the impact of modern life on child development. He highlights the potential dangers of accelerating early childhood education and imposing inappropriate pressures, arguing these can distort a child's natural learning trajectory. Elkind champions the essential role of play in positive human development, noting its decline in recent times. His work offers profound insights into the challenges facing contemporary parenting and education.
- 2006
- 2006
The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition
- 244 pages
- 9 hours of reading
In this 25th anniversary edition of his classic parenting guide, Dr. Elkind delivers important new commentary to put a quarter-century of trends and change into perspective for parents today. Includes a new Introduction by the author.
- 1991
- 1981
Children and Adolescents. Interpretive Essays on Jean Piaget
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
The latest edition of this widely used introduction to Piaget's ideas includes new essays on the approach to beginning reading, Piaget's theory of play, the informal programs of the British infant schools, and the education of adolescents. The author emphasizes practical applications of Piagetian theory in education and clinical diagnosis.
- 1978
Development of the Child
- 728 pages
- 26 hours of reading
Book by Elkind, David, Weiner, Irving B.
