The author is Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

"Wood's treatment of these perplexing issues is straightforward. He does not burden readers with philosophical jargon, does not bore readers with esoteric details, and does not offer simplistic answers...Wood brings the analytic mind of a psychologist to his book without the cluttering style of academic psychologese which undergraduates generally abhor" Scott G. Paris, APA Review of Books

• Introduction: From Pavlov to Piaget. 1. Images of Childhood and their Reflection in Teaching.2. A Decade of Development.3. Are there Stages of Development?.4. Learning how to Think and Learn.5. Language and Learning.6. Making Sense.7. The Literate Mind.8. The Mathematical Mind.9. Education and Educatability.Bibliography.

The author is Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

"Wood's treatment of these perplexing issues is straightforward. He does not burden readers with philosophical jargon, does not bore readers with esoteric details, and does not offer simplistic answers...Wood brings the analytic mind of a psychologist to his book without the cluttering style of academic psychologese which undergraduates generally abhor" Scott G. Paris, APA Review of Books

• Introduction: From Pavlov to Piaget. 1. Images of Childhood and their Reflection in Teaching.2. A Decade of Development.3. Are there Stages of Development?.4. Learning how to Think and Learn.5. Language and Learning.6. Making Sense.7. The Literate Mind.8. The Mathematical Mind.9. Education and Educatability.Bibliography.

The author is Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

"Wood's treatment of these perplexing issues is straightforward. He does not burden readers with philosophical jargon, does not bore readers with esoteric details, and does not offer simplistic answers...Wood brings the analytic mind of a psychologist to his book without the cluttering style of academic psychologese which undergraduates generally abhor" Scott G. Paris, APA Review of Books

• Introduction: From Pavlov to Piaget. 1. Images of Childhood and their Reflection in Teaching.2. A Decade of Development.3. Are there Stages of Development?.4. Learning how to Think and Learn.5. Language and Learning.6. Making Sense.7. The Literate Mind.8. The Mathematical Mind.9. Education and Educatability.Bibliography.