Margaret C. Donaldson

Margaret C. Donaldson was a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Edinburgh and an educator-researcher in child development. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1956 and is identified in available sources as the author of _A Study of Children’s Thinking_ and _Children’s Minds_, her best-known book on children’s cognitive development.

_Children’s Minds_ was first published in 1978 and is described as a seminal work on child development that examines how children make sense of the world and how context shapes language and thought. Donaldson’s work is widely associated with critiques of rigid interpretations of Piagetian theory and with practical implications for education.