Tools of the Mind: A Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education

Appropriate for courses in Curriculum Planning, Methods of Teaching and Models of Early Childhood in both Early Childhood Education Departments; Departments of Child and Family Studies; and, Curriculum and Instruction.

The authors' objective in Tools of the Mind is to enable future teachers to arm young children with the mental tools necessary for learning. They view mental tools as a cycle in which ideas are (1) learned from others; (2) modified and changed, and (3) passed back on to others.