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The unschooled mind : how children think and how schools should teach / Howard Gardner.

By: Gardner, Howard
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : BasicBooks, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: xii, 303 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0465088961 (pbk.)Subject(s): Cognitive learning | Education -- Aims and objectivesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction : the central puzzles of learning -- Conceptualizing the development of the mind -- Initial learnings : constraints and possibilities -- Knowing the world through symbols -- The worlds of the preschooler : the emergence of intuitive understandings -- The values and traditions of education -- The institution called school -- The difficulties posed by school : misconceptions in the sciences -- More difficulties posed by school : stereotypes in the social sciences and the humanities -- The search for solutions : dead ends and promising means -- Education for understanding during the early years -- Education for understanding during the adolescent years -- Toward national and global understandings.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West LB1062 .G36 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903049118

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and indexes.

Introduction : the central puzzles of learning -- Conceptualizing the development of the mind -- Initial learnings : constraints and possibilities -- Knowing the world through symbols -- The worlds of the preschooler : the emergence of intuitive understandings -- The values and traditions of education -- The institution called school -- The difficulties posed by school : misconceptions in the sciences -- More difficulties posed by school : stereotypes in the social sciences and the humanities -- The search for solutions : dead ends and promising means -- Education for understanding during the early years -- Education for understanding during the adolescent years -- Toward national and global understandings.

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