Thinking - The Foundation of Critical and Creative Learning in the Classroom

Addresses the current emphasis on standardized curriculum and how it discourages teachers from providing content that provokes thought, and discourages students from intellectual engagement.

About the author

Robert Boostrom is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Southern Indiana and U.S. Editor of the Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Summary

Addresses the current emphasis on standardized curriculum and how it discourages teachers from providing content that provokes thought, and discourages students from intellectual engagement.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Boostrom, Robert E. Boostrom
• Assisted by: Jonas F Soltis (Editor), Jonas F. Soltis (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2005
• EAN: 9780807745694
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-4569-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Advances in Contemporary Educa; Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought S.; Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought; Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought; Advances in Contemporary Educa; Advances in Contemporary Educational Thought Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system