Wise up : the challenge of lifelong learning / Guy Claxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claxton, Guy.

Series:

Visions of Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Continuing education.

Thought and thinking.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the author of the bestselling 'Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind', comes a breakthrough book on the future of learning. The new sciences of brain and mind are revealing that everyone has the capacity to become a powerful, lifelong learner. We can all learn how to learn; it has little to do with conventional intelligence or educational success. Guy Claxton teaches us how to raise children who are curious and confident explorers, and how we ourselves can learn to pair problem-solving with cre

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Learning for Life; ONE: Beliefs about Learning; TWO: The Feelings of Learning; THREE: Immersion: Learning through Experience; FOUR: Extending Natural Learning: The Basic Amplifiers; FIVE: Imagination: Learning in the Mind's Eye; SIX: Learning Language: The Beginnings of Intellect; SEVEN: Learning to Think; EIGHT: The Uses of Language: Skills, Stories and Memories; NINE: Intuition: The Power of Soft Thinking; TEN: Complex Learning: The Toolkit in Action; ELEVEN: Becoming Reflective: The Consciousness of Good Learning

TWELVE: Learning When: The Problem of TransferTHIRTEEN: Learner-Plus: Making Use of Technology; FOURTEEN: Cultures of Learning: How Habits of Mind Are Transmitted; FIFTEEN: The Age of Uncertainty: Why Learning Power Matters Now; SIXTEEN: Learning to Learn: The Early Years; SEVENTEEN: Schooling for Learning; EIGHTEEN: Higher Education: The College beyond Knowledge; NINETEEN: Learning Goes to Work: The Business World; TWENTY: The Future of Learning; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-78437-0

9786611784379

1-85539-538-X

OCLC:

276305835