Educating the Developing Mind

Andreas Demetriou is Professor Emeritus of Psychology of the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia and currently the President of the Cyprus Academy of Science, Letters, and Arts.George Spanoudis is Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology of the University of Cyprus.Samuel Greiff is head of research group, principal investigator, and Full Professor of Educational Assessment and Psychology at University of Luxembourg.Rita Panaoura is Professor in Mathematics Education and Dean of the School of Education and Social Sciences at Frederick University, Cyprus.Mari-Pauliina Vainikainen is Professor of Learning and Teaching at the Faculty of Education and Culture at Tampere University in Finland.Smaragda Kazi is Professor of Development Psychology at the Department of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.Nikolaos Makris is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Primary Education, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

'Educating the Developing Mind provides an efficient presentation of key findings from the psychological literature relevant to education and an integrative theory that helps us see the larger picture and guides us toward educational practices that promote intellectual development.'David Moshman, PhD and Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at Unviersity of Nebraska-Lincoln. Review taken from Teachers College Record, The Voice of Scholarship in Education.

• 1. Introduction 2. Architecture 3. Development 4. Personality 5. Individuals 6. Brains 7. Predicting School Performance 8. Increasing Intelligence 9. Developmental Priorities in Education 10. Problem Solving 11. Learning in Specific Domains 12. Language 13. Mathematics 14. Learning Difficulties 15. Contextual Perspectives 16. Learning from 1750 to 2050