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The unschooled mind : how children think and how schools should teach / Howard Gardner.

Gardner, Howard. (Author).
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  • 1 copy at The Center Library.

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  • ISBN: 0465088953 :
  • Physical Description: xii, 303 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : BasicBooks, c1991.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-291) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction : the central puzzles of learning -- Conceptualizing the development of the mind -- Initial learnings : constraints and possibilities -- Knowing the world through symbols -- The worlds of the preschooler : the emergence of intuitive understandings -- The values and traditions of education -- The institution called school -- The difficulties posed by school : misconceptions in the sciences -- More difficulties posed by school : stereotypes in the social sciences and the humanities -- The search for solutions : dead ends and promising means -- Education for understanding during the early years -- Education for understanding during the adolescent years -- Toward national and global understandings.
Subject: Cognitive learning.
Education > Aims and objectives.

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