Education for Thinking

Deanna Kuhn

Published by Harvard University Press 2008

Education for Thinking

Deanna Kuhn

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039797

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Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a “thinking curriculum”—a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning.

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Deanna Kuhn’s ‘inquiry and argument curriculum’ has transformed the lives of our middle schoolers, who are typical of students in any urban public school. The students become engaged and find personal meaning in their schoolwork in a way that’s new to them and to us. I hope this bold and original proposal will change American education.
-- Gardner Dunnan, Associate Provost for Special Projects, Columbia University

In the best tradition of John Dewey and Jerome Bruner, Deanna Kuhn has authored a thoughtful, thought-provoking, and empirically-grounded essay on the centrality of argument and inquiry in all education.
-- Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Education and Cognition, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
I. Introduction
1. Why Go to School? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. What Are We Doing Here? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
II. Inquiry
3. Learning to Learn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
4. The Skills of Inquiry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
5. Developing Inquiry Skills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
III. Argument
6. Why Argue? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7. The Skills of Argument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
8. Developing Argument Skills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
IV. Conclusions
9. Becoming Educated Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 218

eBook

Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674039797