Jane M Healy: 3 books
Failure to Connect
How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds--For Better and Worse
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 1999
In this comprehensive, practical, and unsettling look at computers in children's lives, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., questions whether computers are really helping or harming children's development. Once a bedazzled enthusiast of educational computing but now a troubled skeptic, Dr. Healy examines the advantages...
Different Learners
Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Your Child's Learning Problems
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
*"My child is having trouble in school.
What should I do?"*
When parents are told that their child is having difficulty in school, they often don’t know where to turn for reliable information and advice. They may be confused by conflicting claims of "cures" or may mistakenly think...
Endangered Minds
Why Children Dont Think And What We Can Do About I
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Is today's fast-paced media culture creating a toxic environment for our children's brains?
In this landmark, bestselling assessment tracing the roots of America's escalating crisis in education, Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture...