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Making minds less well educated than our own /

In the author's words: "This book is an honest attempt to understand what it means to be educated in today's world." Schank's argues that no matter how important science and technology are, as a society we believe that those educated in literature, history and other humaniti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schank, Roger C., 1946-2023
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own; Contents; Preface: What Is an Educated Mind?; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 1892; 1-The Great Minds on Education: Plato Meets Grandview Prep; 2-Thinking and Experience in School; 3-What Uneducated Minds Need; 4-The Formally Educated Mind; 5-What Is Required for a Good Education?; 6-How High School Got That Way (the Search for the Smoking Gun); 7-Producing Educated Minds Is Not the University's Problem; 8-Structuring the Learning Experience; 9-Teaching and Testing in the Modern World; 10-Horses for Courses: The Story Centered Curriculum.