Bates / Hammel The Emergence of Symbols

Cognition and Communication in Infancy
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6730-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Web PDF

The Emergence of Symbols: Cognition and Communication in Infancy provides information pertinent to the nature and origin of symbols, the interdependence of language and thought, and the parallels between phylogeny and ontogeny. This book clarifies some of the conceptual and methodological issues involved in the search for prerequisites to language. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the distinction between homology and analogy in the study of linguistic and nonlinguistic developments. This text then explains the conceptual and operational definitions for such controversial terms as intention, convention, and symbolic behavior. Other chapters consider the limits and advantages of the correlational method as applied in the research. This book discusses as well the structure and content of early symbol use, both in language and in play. The final chapter examines the processes that underlie imitation and tool use, as they contribute to the child's analysis of his culture. This book is a valuable resource for neural biologists, psychologists, and social scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bates, Elizabeth

Hammel, E. A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Society, Schools and Progress in Australia;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents ;6
5;Comparative Studies;8
6;Author's Preface;18
7;Chapter 1. Some Historical Influences;20
7.1;Geographical and Social Background;20
7.2;Centralization;24
7.3;The Religious Issue;29
7.4;The Question of State Aid;34
7.5;The Dual System;35
7.6;Background to the Education Acts;41
7.7;Catholicism;43
7.8;Abandonment of the "Dual" System;47
7.9;The Education Acts;50
8;Chapter 2. The Organization of Public Education;54
8.1;Secondary Education;54
8.2;Commonwealth and States;56
8.3;The Commonwealth and the Universities;61
8.4;The States and the Universities;67
8.5;Educational Policy;71
8.6;Administration within the States;73
8.7;Teaching in State Schools;75
8.8;Examinations;76
8.9;The Governments and the Schools;78
8.10;Centralization;82
8.11;Local Communities and the Schools;88
9;Chapter 3. Schools and Society;95
9.1;Assumptions and Beliefs;95
9.2;The Independent Schools;96
9.3;Education and Equality;99
9.4;Leading Issues in Secondary Education;107
9.5;Reorganization of Secondary Education;109
9.6;The Influence of the Universities;112
9.7;The Independent Schools;119
9.8;The Catholic Schools;125
9.9;The Government and Independent Schools;129
10;Chapter 4. The Pattern of Higher Education;136
10.1;University Organization;136
10.2;The Universities Before 1945;138
10.3;The British Influence;139
10.4;Postgraduate and Research Work;141
10.5;Developments after the Second World War;143
10.6;The Breakdown of Isolation;144
10.7;Criticism of Australian Universities;146
10.8;Diversification of Tertiary Education;152
10.9;Future Development of the Universities;157
10.10;Teaching in the Universities;160
11;Chapter 5. Technical and Adult Education;164
11.1;The Poor Relation;164
11.2;Economic Change;166
11.3;Organization of Technical Education;168
11.4;Commonwealth Intervention;172
11.5;Issues of Policy;174
11.6;Future Development of Technical Colleges;177
11.7;A University of Technology?;182
11.8;Adult Education;186
11.9;How Should Adult Education be Organized?;189
12;Chapter 6. Teachers;195
12.1;The Pattern of Teacher Training;195
12.2;State Control of Teacher Training;202
12.3;The Future of Teacher Training;204
12.4;The Independence of State Teachers;210
12.5;Teaching in the Universities;216
13;Chapter 7. Education and National Growth;225
13.1;Commonwealth and States;225
13.2;Changing Balance of the Federation;230
13.3;The Place of the States;232
13.4;The Repatterning of Administration;236
13.5;Bureaucracy;237
13.6;Social and Educational Thinking;241
13.7;Social Teaching;244
13.8;The Quality of Teachers;248
13.9;Freedom in and of the Schools;251
13.10;Aspects of National Development;255
13.11;Social Change and Educational Change;257
14;Index;262