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Education for Thinking.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039797
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Education for ThinkingDDC classification:
  • 372/.01/1
LOC classification:
  • LB1590
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why Go to School? -- Chapter 2. What Are We Doing Here? -- Part II. Inquiry -- Chapter 3. Learning to Learn -- Chapter 4. The Skills of Inquiry -- Chapter 5. Developing Inquiry Skills -- Part III. Argument -- Chapter 6. Why Argue? -- Chapter 7. The Skills of Argument -- Chapter 8. Developing Argument Skills -- Part IV. Conclusions -- Chapter 9. Becoming Educated -- References -- Index.
Summary: Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a "thinking curriculum"--a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Why Go to School? -- Chapter 2. What Are We Doing Here? -- Part II. Inquiry -- Chapter 3. Learning to Learn -- Chapter 4. The Skills of Inquiry -- Chapter 5. Developing Inquiry Skills -- Part III. Argument -- Chapter 6. Why Argue? -- Chapter 7. The Skills of Argument -- Chapter 8. Developing Argument Skills -- Part IV. Conclusions -- Chapter 9. Becoming Educated -- References -- Index.

Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a "thinking curriculum"--a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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