Children's thinking : promoting understanding in the primary school
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Children's thinking : promoting understanding in the primary school
（Children, teachers and learning series）
Cassell, c1994
- : hard
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p.194-197) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The development of children's thinking and understanding is fundamental to the work of the primary school. The book brings a philosophical perspective to the topic and, in doing so, raises issues which are central to all concerned with primary education. The author provides an accessible introduction to the philosophy of education as it relates to children's understanding and uses examples that are relevant to classroom practice.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Developing children's thinking in the primary school - some questions: introduction - what's the problem?
- what's involved in developing children's thinking?
- how should children's learning be structured?. Part 2 Some answers - rationalism and thinking: the rationalist view of thinking
- rationality and the individual
- rationality and liberal education
- rationality and education reconsidered. Part 3 An existential perspective: an existential backdrop to thinking and understanding
- self-expression and learning
- authentic-rational thinking
- poetic thinking. Part 4 The role of the teacher in developing children's thinking: the place of structure
- assessing children's thinking and understanding
- teaching as poetry.
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