Poverty and Childhood.

Bruner, Jerome S.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Poverty and Childhood

Bruner, Jerome S.

Oxford Review of Education, 1, 1, 31-50, 75

An analysis is provided of the effects of poverty on child development and later intellectual competence, in terms of goal seeking and problem solving, use of language, and patterns of social reciprocity. Implications are charted for public policy and for the conduct of early childhood education. (EH)

Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Language Acquisition, Poverty, Preschool Education, Social Development

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