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Author Kuhn, Deanna.

Title Education for thinking / Deanna Kuhn.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.011 K96E    Check Shelf
Description 209 pages : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents I. Introduction Why go to school? -- What are we doing here? -- II. Inquiry -- Learning to learn -- The skills of inquiry -- Developing inquiry skills -- III. Argument -- Why argue? -- The skills of argument -- Developing argument skills -- IV. Conclusions -- Becoming educated -- References -- Index.
Summary "Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Deanna Kuhn maintains 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. We have only a brief window of opportunity in children's lives to gain (or lose) their trust that the things we ask them to do in school are worth doing. Activities centered on inquiry and argument - such as identifying features that affect the success of a music club catalog or discussing difficult issues like capital punishment - allow students to appreciate their power and utility as they engage in them"--Pg. 4 of cover.
Subject Critical thinking in children.
Education -- Aims and objectives.
Inquiry-based learning.
Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching.
Critical thinking in children. (OCoLC)fst00883709
Education -- Aims and objectives. (OCoLC)fst00902507
Inquiry-based learning. (OCoLC)fst01199976
Thought and thinking -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01150265
enfant -- sens critique.
éducation -- enfant -- sens critique.
apprentissage (psychologie) -- connaissance -- élève.
Bildung.
Denken.
Erziehung.
Kritisches Denken.
ISBN 0674019067 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780674019065 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780674027459 (pbk.)
0674027450 (pbk.)
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