Teaching minds : how cognitive science can save our schools / Roger Schank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schank, Roger C., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive learning.

Learning, Psychology of.

Cognitive science.

Education.

Physical Description:

xvi, 223 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2011]

Summary:

From grade school to graduate school, from the poorest public institutions to the most affluent private ones, our educational system is failing students. In his provocative new book, cognitive scientist and bestselling author Roger Schank argues that class size, lack of parental involvement, and other commonly-cited factors have nothing to do with why students are not learning. The culprit is a system of subject-based instruction, and the solution is cognitive-based learning. This groundbreaking book defines what it would mean to teach thinking. The time is now for schools to start teaching minds! Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Cognitive Process-Based Education 1

2 Teaching Kids to Walk and Talk 15

3 What Can't You Teach? 35

4 Twelve Cognitive Processes That Underlie Learning 45

5 Real-Life Learning Projects Considered 57

6 A Socratic Dialogue 73

7 Knowledge-Based Education vs. Process-Based Education 75

8 New Curricula for a New Way of Teaching 89

9 How to Teach the Twelve Cognitive Processes That Underlie Learning 109

10 Defining Intelligence 137

11 Restructuring the University 157

12 How Not to Teach 171

13 How the Best Universities Inadvertently Ruin Our Schools 183

14 What Can We Do About It? 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780807752661

0807752665

9780807752678

0807752673

08077526783

OCLC:

730403748