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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Thought and thinking-Study and teaching. Inquiry-based learning. Critical thinking in children. Education-Aims and objectives.