ERIC Number: EJ362943
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Lilian Katz: Let's Not Underestimate Young Children's Intellects.
Katz, Lilian
Instructor, v97 n3 p16,19 Oct 1987
Educators often cause children to behave as though they understand something they don't, denigrating their own questions and conceptions. In an attempt to increase their self-esteem, educators often turn children's attention inward and cause them to be self-absorbed. (MT)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Self Esteem, Teacher Behavior
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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