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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0927-5568
- eISSN
- 1571-8182
- DOI
- 10.1163/157181894X00222
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Abstract
Book Review John H. Flavell, Patricia H. Miller, and Scott A. Miller, Cognitive development, 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA: Prentice-Hall, 1993, 408 pp. Sara Meadows, The child as thinker: the development and acquisition of cognition in childhood. London and New York: Routledge, 1993, 473 pp. Rosemary Rosser, Cognitive development: psychological and biological perspectives. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994, 390 pp. Advocates and analysts of children's rights often argue that the rights of children should in some respects be greater than, less than, or different from the rights of adults because of psychological differences between children and adults. Among other things, children differ from adults in knowledge, understanding, and intellectual skills; such cogni- tive differences are relevant to any assessment of children's rights. With this in mind, there is good reason for those concerned about the rights of children to have some knowledge of children's cognitive development. The fact that three new texts on cognitive development have appeared since 1993 is testimony to the breadth and vigor of the field. All three books, I am happy to report, are excellent. I would recommend any of them to anyone who wishes to read a broad- ranging, sophisticated, and up-to-date
Journal
The International Journal of Children's Rights – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1994