Trusting What You're Told

How Children Learn from Others

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Elementary, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Child & Adolescent, Child Development, Cognitive Psychology
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Author: Paul L. Harris ISBN: 9780674069848
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: May 29, 2012
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Paul L. Harris
ISBN: 9780674069848
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: May 29, 2012
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, how would a child discover that the earth is round—never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Trusting What You’re Told begins by reminding us of a basic truth: Most of what we know we learned from others.

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If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, how would a child discover that the earth is round—never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Trusting What You’re Told begins by reminding us of a basic truth: Most of what we know we learned from others.

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