The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning - Hardcover

John T. Bruer

 
9780684851846: The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning

Synopsis

A pointed challenge to the opinion that the most important development of the brain happens up to the age of three shows how development actually continues through life and that the early years have been harmfully overemphasized in educational theories.

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About the Author

John T. Bruer, Ph.D., has been President of the James S. McDonnell Foundation in St. Louis since 1986. He also works as a consultant on educational issues for the national media, including The New York Times Magazine. He is author of Schools for Thought: A Science of Learning in the Classroom. Dr. Bruer lives in St. Louis with his wife and two sons.

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ISBN 10:  0743242602 ISBN 13:  9780743242608
Publisher: Free Press, 2002
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