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9780805839432

Education and Mind in the Knowledge Age

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  • ISBN13:

    9780805839432

  • ISBN10:

    0805839437

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-04-01
  • Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

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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 knowledge building and learning--both of which are essential parts of education for the knowledge age. Connectionism in cognitive science addresses the first need; certain developments in post-positivist epistemology address the second. The author explores both the theoretical bases and the practical educational implications of this radical change in viewpoint. The book draws on current new ways of thinking about knowledge and mind, including information processing, cognitive psychology, situated cognition, constructivism, social constructivism, and connectionism, but does not adhere strictly to any "camp." Above all, the author is concerned with developing a way of thinking about the mind that can usher education into the knowledge age. This book is intended as a starting point.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Part I. Mind in a Knowledge-Based Society
Our Oldest Unchallenged Folk Theory at Last Faces Its Day of Reckoning
3(23)
Keeping the Brain in Mind
26(30)
Knowledge Outside the Mind
56(37)
The Knowing Mind
93(38)
Aspects of Knowledgeability
131(43)
Learning to Think Differently About Knowledge and Mind
174(39)
Part II. Education and Knowledge Work
Educational Planning: Reacting to the Future
213(41)
Putting Learning in Its Proper Place
254(43)
Subject Matter That Matters
297(44)
Critical Thinking, Creativity, and Other Virtues
341(41)
Can Education Become a Modern Profession?
382(37)
Why Educational Reform Needs a New Theory of Mind
419(46)
Appendix--Conceptual Artifacts: Theoretical Issues 465(20)
References 485(22)
Author Index 507(6)
Subject Index 513

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