Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--for Better and Worse

Healy Ph.D., Jane M.

ISBN 10: 0684831368 / ISBN 13: 9780684831367

Published by Simon & Schuster (edition First Edition), 1998

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--for Better and Worse
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684831368
• ISBN 13: 9780684831367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

First book to link children's technology use to important new findings about stages of child development and brain maturation. Through concrete examples and guidelines, Jane Healy clearly illustrates how computers can be successfully integrated into children's education - without dominating it.

About the Author

Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., has been an educational psychologist and professional educator for more than thirty-five years, with experience as a classroom teacher, college professor, reading and learning specialist, and elementary school administrator. The author of three previous books, including Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think -- and What We Can Do About It, she is a frequent guest on NPR's Parents' Journal and a lecturer and consultant to public and private schools and parent groups. She is a parent and grandparent, and lives with her husband in Vail, Colorado.