Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE A New View of Child Development -- TWO The Social Origins of Mental Life -- THREE Why Children Talk to Themselves -- FOUR Learning Through Make-Believe Play -- FIVE Helping Children with Deficits and Disabilities -- SIX Learning in Classrooms -- SEVEN The Child in Contemporary Culture -- CONCLUSION A Vision for Parenting and Educational Practice -- Notes -- Index.