Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own
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Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own
Author | : Roger C. Schank |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2004-04-26 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781135615109 |
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In the author's words: "This book is an honest attempt to understand what it means to be educated in today's world." His argument is this: No matter how important science and technology seem to industry or government or indeed to the daily life of people, as a society we believe that those educated in literature, history, and other humanities are in some way better informed, more knowing, and somehow more worthy of the descriptor "well educated." This 19th-century conception of the educated mind weighs heavily on our notions on how we educate our young. When we focus on intellectual and scholarly issues in high school as opposed to issues, such as communications, basic psychology, or child raising, we are continuing to rely on outdated notions of the educated mind that come from elitist notions of who is to be educated and what that means. To accommodate the realities of today's world it is necessary to change these elitist notions. We need to rethink what it means to be educated and begin to focus on a new conception of the very idea of education. Students need to learn how to think, not how to accomplish tasks, such as passing standardized tests and reciting rote facts. In this engaging book, Roger C. Schank sets forth the premises of his argument, cites its foundations in the Great Books themselves, and illustrates it with examples from an experimental curriculum that has been used in graduate schools and with K-12 students. Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own is essential reading for scholars and students in the learning sciences, instructional design, curriculum theory and planning, educational policy, school reform, philosophy of education, higher education, and anyone interested in what it means to be educated in today's world.
This Will Make You Smarter
Author | : John Brockman |
Publsiher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2012-02-14 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780062109408 |
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Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, sociology, and more. Surprising and enlightening, these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world. Contributors include: Daniel Kahneman on the “focusing illusion” Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention Richard Dawkins on experimentation Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear of the unknown Martin Seligman on the ingredients of well-being Nicholas Carr on managing “cognitive load” Steven Pinker on win-win negotiating Daniel Goleman on understanding our connection to the natural world Matt Ridley on tapping collective intelligence Lisa Randall on effective theorizing Brian Eno on “ecological vision” J. Craig Venter on the multiple possible origins of life Helen Fisher on temperament Sam Harris on the flow of thought Lawrence Krauss on living with uncertainty
Our own gazette ed by mrs S Menzies
Author | : Young women's Christian assoc |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:555035510 |
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The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science Art and Finance
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 830 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112109672144 |
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The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 1856 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105011796260 |
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Saturday Review
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1036 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB11307647 |
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U S News World Report
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 748 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : UOM:39015058183255 |
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New England Journal of Education
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112045821813 |
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