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Education and mind in the knowledge age

In this book, Carl Bereiter--a distinguished and well-known cognitive, educational psychologist--presents what he calls ""a new way of thinking about knowledge and the mind."" He argues that in today's Knowledge Age, education's conceptual tools are inadequate to addres...

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Main Author: Bereiter, Carl
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Routledge 2002
Subjects:
Cognition / Fast
Cognition / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027742
Psychologie De L'apprentissage
Educational Change / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003113
Knowledge, Theory Of / Fast
Educational Change / Fast
Learning, Psychology Of / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075526
Epistemology / Aat
Théorie De La Connaissance
Cognition / Aat
Enseignement / Réforme
Knowledge, Theory Of / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072732
Learning, Psychology Of / Fast
Cognition
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Summary:In this book, Carl Bereiter--a distinguished and well-known cognitive, educational psychologist--presents what he calls ""a new way of thinking about knowledge and the mind."" He argues that in today's Knowledge Age, education's conceptual tools are inadequate to address the pressing educational challenges and opportunities of the times. Two things are required: first, to replace the mind-as-container metaphor with one that envisions a mind capable of sustaining knowledgeable, intelligent behavior without actually containing stored beliefs; second, to recognize a fundamental difference between
Physical Description:1 volume
ISBN:1135644780
9781135644789
9780805839425
0805839437
0805839429

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