Mediation and Thinking Development in Schools : Theories and Practices for Educators.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF GRAPHIC MODELS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- Mediation and Thinking Development in Schools: Theories and Practices for Education -- Introduction -- 1: Thinking Development -- 1.1. John Dewey (1859-1952) -- 1.2. Jean Piaget (1896-1980) -- 1.3. Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) -- 1.4. Reuven Feuerstein (1921-2014) -- 1.4.1. The Input Phase -- 1.4.2. The Elaboration Phase -- 1.4.3. The Output Phase -- 1.5. Howard Earl Gardner (1943-) -- 1.6. The Neuropedagogy Approach -- 2: Mediation: A Unique Educational Process -- 2.1. Mediation, Teaching and Learning -- 2.2. Mediation as a Key for Thinking Development -- 2.3. Necessary Foundations for Practicing Mediation -- 2.3.1. Feuerstein's Universal Parameters of Mediation -- 2.3.2. Situational Parameters Reinforcing and Elaborating MLE -- 3: School Students -- Learning Differentiations Teachers need to Recognise -- 3.1. Motivation, Learning and Thinking Development -- 3.2. Culture, Learning and Thinking Development -- 3.3. Pedagogy, Taxonomy and Teaching Strategies -- 4: Mediation and Teaching for Students' Thinking Development -- 4.1. An Integrated Model for Planning Thinking Development through Mediation -- 4.2. Mediation and Learning Processes in Early Childhood in a Family Setting and On a Daily Basis -- 4.2.1. Mediation in a Family Setting -- Example No. 1: Family Dinner -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.2.3. Mediation in a Family Setting -- Example No. 2: Completing a Jigsaw Puzzle -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy.

Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.2.4. Mediation in a Family Setting -- Example No. 3: 'Arguing versus Discussing' -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.2.5. Mediation in a Family Setting -- Example No. 4: Getting Ready for School -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction: -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.3. MEDIATION AND LEARNING PROCESSES IN THE CLASSROOM -- 4.3.1. Mediation in the Classroom -- Example No.1: Why Should We Come to School? -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.3.2. Mediation in the Classroom -- Example No. 2: Learning to Write -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.3.3. Mediation in the Classroom -- Example No. 3: The Four Arithmetic Operations -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation. -- Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- 4.3.4. Mediation in the Classroom -- Example No.4: Different States of Matter -- Data Collection -- Setting Goals for the Mediated Interaction -- Feuerstein's Criteria of Mediation.

Feuerstein's Cognitive Functions. -- Bloom's Taxonomy. -- Scheme of Planning Mediated Interaction -- Reflective Assessment -- Bibliography -- Index.

Different theories of mediation are explored and thinking development and how these can be applied in teaching. It brings together the theories of several renowned educationists and provides an overview of these theories while also bringing them together to discuss society's impact on education and to present a holistic theory of mediation.

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