Barbara Tizard
The London psychologist who taped four-year-olds at home and at nursery, and heard far more questions at home.
Books
Adoption: A Second Chance1977Her study of children who spent their first years in residential nurseries, then went to adoptive families.
Young Children Learning1984Written with Martin Hughes, the book on the 30 girls recorded at home and at school, and the questions they asked.
Black, White or Mixed Race?1993Written with Ann Phoenix, on how young people of mixed parentage see race and themselves.
Mentioned in
In praise of asking, part one
Answers got cheap, so where does a good question come from? The story starts with a parrot asking “What’s that?” in front of a mirror, and goes on to silent classrooms and an AI that never needs anything.