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  Paul Harris is a professor of education in Harvard Graduate School of Education. His expertise in mainly on child development, cognitive development and emotional development. The way children learn about science, religion, feelings and the role of social cognitin and imagination are some his research fields. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published in 2012. The book discusses how far children rely on their own firsthand observation or alternatively trust what other people tell them - especially when they confront a domain of knowledge in which firsthand observation is difficult. For example, many aspects of history, science, and religion concern events that children cannot easily observe for themselves. How far do children believe what they are told about these domains? When and how do they become aware of the conflicting claims made by science as compared with religion?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Paul Harris is a professor of education in Harvard Graduate School of Education. His expertise in mainly on child development, cognitive development and emotional development. The way children learn about science, religion, feelings and the role of social cognitin and imagination are some his research fields. His most recent book, Trusting What You're Told: How Children Learn from Others, was published in 2012. The book discusses how far children rely on their own firsthand observation or alternatively trust what other people tell them - especially when they confront a domain of knowledge in which firsthand observation is difficult. For example, many aspects of history, science, and religion concern events that children cannot easily observe for themselves. How far do children believe what they are told about these domains? When and how do they become aware of the conflicting claims made by science as compared with religion?</div>

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