Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-240) and indexes.
Why we studied children learning -- How we carried out this study -- Learning at home : play, games, stories, and 'lessons' -- Learning at home : living and talking together -- The puzzling mind of the four-year-old -- Working-class verbal deprivation : myth or reality? -- An afternoon with Donna and her mother -- How the children fared at nursery school -- The working-class girls, including Donna, at school -- The gap between home and nursery school -- Young children learning