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Aims to discuss the state of knowledge about how young people think and reason. This book explores 3 ways of thinking in the context of education, looking firstly at the 'skills' approach, secondly at the 'infusion model' and thirdly at the belief that the traditional disciplines and pedagogy of education provide for the development of thinking.
List of contents
Preface. Introduction. Learning to Think: The Direct Method. The direct teaching of thinking in education and the CoRT method. Commentary. Research work on the CoRT method. Instrumental enrichment: a strategy for cognitive and academic improvement. Reviving thought processes in pre-adolescents. Learning to Think: The Infusion Approach. The passion of thoughtfulness: arts, humanities and the life of the mind. Cognitive acceleration through science education. Learning thinking through the new technologies. Strengthening reasoning and judgement through philosophy. From practice to theory: improving the thinking process. Thought processes in learning. The project FACE (Formal Aims of Cognitive Education). The Application of Cognitive Knowledge to the Teaching of Thinking. Critical thinking across multiple intelligences. Commentary. Methods and approaches. Commentary. Issues related to the whole child: implications for curriculum development. Appendix. Background report: The key issues and literature reviewed.
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Peter Davies
Summary
Aims to discuss the state of knowledge about how young people think and reason. This book explores 3 ways of thinking in the context of education, looking firstly at the 'skills' approach, secondly at the 'infusion model' and thirdly at the belief that the traditional disciplines and pedagogy of education provide for the development of thinking.
