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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Basic Books, 2004Description: xvi, 303 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0465088961
  • 9780465088966
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.15
LOC classification:
  • LB 1062 G227u 2004
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
Summary: An expert in the field of cognitive science explains the development of a child's ability to interpret the world and offers new teaching methods based on current research in early learning
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 1062 G227u 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000123324

Tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by the author.

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

An expert in the field of cognitive science explains the development of a child's ability to interpret the world and offers new teaching methods based on current research in early learning

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