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The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach
By Howard Gardner
320 pages
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- Basic Books
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- New York
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- 1991
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Merging cognitive science with the educational agenda, Gardner begins with a fascinating look at the young child's mind and concludes with a sweeping program for educational reform. The book shows how both the ancient art of apprenticeship and the modern children's museum both work because learning takes place in context.Related books and articles at Questia
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Chapter 1 - Introduction: the Central Puzzles of Learning 1
- Part I - The "Natural" Learner 21
- Chapter 2 - Conceptualizing the Development of the Mind 23
- Chapter 3 - Initial Learnings: Constraints and Possibilities 42
- Chapter 4 - Knowing the World through Symbols 55
- Chapter 5 - The Worlds of the Preschooler: the Emergence of Intuitive Understandings 84
- Part II - Understanding Educational Institutions 113
- Chapter 6 - The Values and Traditions of Education 115
- Chapter 7 - The Institution Called School 126
- Chapter 8 - The Difficulties Posed by School: Misconceptions in the Sciences 143
- Chapter 9 - More Difficulties Posed by School: Stereotypes in the Social Sciences and the Humanities 167
- Part III - Toward Education for Understanding 183
- Chapter 10 - The Search for Solutions: Dead Ends and Promising Means 185
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments xi
- Chapter 1 - Introduction: the Central Puzzles of Learning 1
- Part I - The "Natural" Learner 21
- Chapter 2 - Conceptualizing the Development of the Mind 23
- Chapter 3 - Initial Learnings: Constraints and Possibilities 42
- Chapter 4 - Knowing the World through Symbols 55
- Chapter 5 - The Worlds of the Preschooler: the Emergence of Intuitive Understandings 84
- Part II - Understanding Educational Institutions 113
- Chapter 6 - The Values and Traditions of Education 115
- Chapter 7 - The Institution Called School 126
- Chapter 8 - The Difficulties Posed by School: Misconceptions in the Sciences 143
- Chapter 9 - More Difficulties Posed by School: Stereotypes in the Social Sciences and the Humanities 167
- Part III - Toward Education for Understanding 183
- Chapter 10 - The Search for Solutions: Dead Ends and Promising Means 185
- Chapter 11 - Education for Understanding during the Early Years 200
- Chapter 12 - Education for Understanding during the Adolescent Years 225
- Chapter 13 - Toward National and Global Understandings 249
- Notes 265
- Name Index 293
- Subject Index 297