1st Edition
Growing Minds A Developmental Theory of Intelligence, Brain, and Education
PART I Three traditions of research on the human mind
1 The experimental cognitive tradition
2 The differential tradition
3 Piaget’s theory
4 Neo-Piagetian theories
5 The development of reasoning
6 Awareness and knowledge about the mind
7 Core domains
PART II An overarching theory of the growing mind
8 The organization of the human mind
9 Cycles and phases of development
10 Recycling and mediation of cognizance
11 Differentiation and binding of mental processes through developmental cycles
12 Personality and emotions in the minds
13 Genetic, psychological, and cultural aspects of the mind
14 Mapping mind-brain development
PART III A developmental theory of instruction
15 School and intellectual development
16 Enhancing intelligence in the laboratory
17 Towards a theory of instruction
18 Educating critical thought
19 Conclusions: towards an overarching theory of the growing mind
Biography
Andreas Demetriou is Professor of Psychology and President of the University of Nicosia Research Foundation, Cyprus. He was the Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus, and President of the National Research Council of Cyprus.
George Spanoudis is Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Cyprus.
