Learning to think : disciplinary perspectives
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Learning to think : disciplinary perspectives
（The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series）
Jossey-Bass, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and indexes
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Description
In colleges and universities, there is increasing demand to help students learn how to conceptualize, analyze, and reason. Learning to Think presents a model of learning that takes into account the different ways learning occurs in different academic disciplines and explores the relationship between knowledge and thinking processes. Janet Donald--a leading researcher in the field of postsecondary teaching and learning--presents a framework for learning that goes beyond the acquisition of knowledge to encompass ways of constructing and utilizing it within and across disciplines. The author discusses how learning occurs in different academic disciplines and reveals how educators can improve the teaching and learning process in their classrooms and programs.
Table of Contents
Preface. The Author. 1. Learning to Think: A Cross Disciplinary Perspective. 2. Orderly Thinking: Learning in a Structured Discipline. 3. Hard Thinking: Applying Structured Knowledge to Unstructured Problems. 4. Inductive Thinking: Knowledge Intensive Learning. 5. Multifaceted Thinking: Learning in a Social Science. 6. Precedent and Reason: Case Versus Logic. 7. Organizing Instruction and Understanding Learners. 8. Criticism and Creativity: Thinking in the Humanities. 9. Learning, Understanding, and Meaning. References. Name Index. Subject Index.
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