The World of the Cave Kid: The Rightful Recognition of Children's Knowledge.

Bledsoe, Jim

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Publication Date: 1977

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The World of the Cave Kid: The Rightful Recognition of Children's Knowledge

Bledsoe, Jim

Interchange, 8, 1-2, 119-27, 77-78

To participate in the increase and dissemination of knowledge about children, the researcher must accept the problem of seeking to become a child again, to re-find discovery and inquiry without their metaphysical underpinnings and conventional opinions. An extended anecdote illustrates one way the author attempted to do this. (MJB)

Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Discovery Learning, Fantasy, Learning Processes, Psychological Patterns, Scientific Methodology

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