Description
In this course, you will :
- Learn about how children's minds develop in the modern world, as well as how the social environment influences this development.
Syllabus :
1. Infant cognition through the prism of development
- Cognitive Development in Social Context: Experiments and ApplicationsIntroducti
- Infant cognition through the prism of development. Vygotsky's developmental theo
2. Models of cognitive development
- Where is the color? One failure of science education
- Models of cognitive development. The relationship between new and old belief sys
3. At the origins of agency
- At the origins of agency. Executive function and language
- Executive function in social domain. How social environment can impede executiv
4. The origins of independence
- The origins of independence. Why children imitate confusing social signals, and
- Executive performance in a classroom. Enhancing independence of children’s judge