Learning to Think

Erscheinungsjahr 1991
ISBN: 978-0-08-040657-2
Verlag: Pergamon Press

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Learning to Think: Thinking to Learn has grown out of a conference organized by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in July 1989. Its purpose is to discuss and advance the state of knowledge about how young people think and reason. Thinking is a normal activity for every normal human being, ordinary life depends on our ability to think. Thus the prime objectives of formal education in all disciplines have always been the refining and shaping of the powers of thought. This book explores three broad 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 already provide for the development of thinking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davies, Peter

Maclure, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.