Learning to Think Thinking to Learn - The Proceedings of the 1989 OECD Conference Organized by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation

Book details for Learning to Think

Contributor(s): Peter Davies (editor), Stuart Maclure (editor),

Format: Paperback, 234 x 156 x 14mm , 268 pp, Illustrations

Publication date: 19 Sep 1991

Imprint: Pergamon Press

ISBN: 9780080406572

Price: £35.95

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Synopsis

"Learning to Think: Thinking to Learn" has grown out of a conference organized by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in July 1989. Its purpose is to discuss and advance the state of knowledge about how young people think and reason. Thinking is a normal activity for every normal human being, ordinary life depends on our ability to think. Thus the prime objectives of formal education in all disciplines have always been the refining and shaping of the powers of thought. This book explores three broad ways of thinking in the context of education, looking firstly at the 'skills' approach, secondly at the 'infusion model' and thirdly at the belief that the traditional disciplines and pedagogy of education already provide for the development of thinking.

Reviews

The editors have worked hard to make the material accessible; Stuart Maclure's overview is complemented by a lucid general account by John Nisbet of methods and approaches and a useful background report from OECD's Research Centre, and the sequence of papers has been carefully thought out...key problems permeate the book...provides useful insights... Times Education Supplement

Contents

Preface. Introduction. Learning to Think: The Direct Method. The direct teaching of thinking in education and the CoRT method. Commentary. Research work on the CoRT method. Instrumental enrichment: a strategy for cognitive and academic improvement. Reviving thought processes in pre-adolescents. Learning to Think: The Infusion Approach. The passion of thoughtfulness: arts, humanities and the life of the mind. Cognitive acceleration through science education. Learning thinking through the new technologies. Strengthening reasoning and judgement through philosophy. From practice to theory: improving the thinking process. Thought processes in learning. The project FACE (Formal Aims of Cognitive Education). The Application of Cognitive Knowledge to the Teaching of Thinking. Critical thinking across multiple intelligences. Commentary. Methods and approaches. Commentary. Issues related to the whole child: implications for curriculum development. Appendix. Background report: The key issues and literature reviewed.