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- Title
Cognitive skills and street activity.
- Authors
Foley, M.; McGuire, D.
- Abstract
"In any scientific approach to reality there is a time when a fresh look from a new angle is desperately needed. If it is not taken, truth already pursued and partially discovered can become distorted, unbalanced, and, finally, produce untruth. Children living in the environment of the slums have been very often looked at from the angle of their not being able to function in the institutions of society. This has led to a focus upon what they cannot do and an attempt to remedy these deficits by various methods. In discussing their cognitive functioning as seen in the streets, signs of life have been discovered that do not appear in literature about them to any significant degree." The authors' exploratory look raises questions for research "that invite new looks at the positive human resources: the strengths of these children and existing foundations upon which the work of education can develop." Anecdotes describing the cognitive processes of "street children" demonstrate clearly that "cognition in a child is a complex process that cannot be easily labeled in terms of a particular cognitive skill."
- Publication
Urban Education, 1981, Vol 16, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0042-0859
- Publication type
Article