The Brain Development Revolution: Science, the Media, and Public Policy - Couverture rigide

Thompson, Ross A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009304259 ISBN 13 : 9781009304252

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

The science of human development informs our thinking about children and their development. The Brain Development Revolution asks how and why has brain development become the major lens for understanding child development, and its consequences. It describes the 1997 I Am Your Child campaign that engaged public attention through a sophisticated media communications effort, a White House conference, and other events. It explores the campaign's impact, including voter initiatives to fund early childhood programs and a national campaign for prekindergarten education, but also several missed opportunities. The study examines why brain development compels our attention, why we are - but shouldn't be - neurodeterminists, and the challenges of communicating developmental brain science. This book examines the framing of the brain development story, the selectivity of the messaging, and overpromising the results of early programs. Lastly, it discusses proposals for how science communication can be improved to better serve children and the public.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ross A. Thompson is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at University of California, Davis, USA. He is an internationally recognized authority on the psychological development of young children and the applications of developmental science to public policy. His work integrates understanding of the developing brain with early experiences in both typical and at-risk children, and he consults extensively to legislative committees, public agencies, and private foundations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1009304259
• ISBN 13: 9781009304252
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible