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The educated mind : how cognitive tools shape our understanding /
The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"--Such as language or literacy-that shape how we make sense...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1998, ©1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"--Such as language or literacy-that shape how we make sense of the world. These mediating tools generate successive kinds of understanding: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophical, and ironic. Egan's account concludes with practical proposals for how teaching and curriculum can be changed to reflect the way children learn. "A carefully argued and readable book. ... Egan |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 299 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226190404 9780226190402 |