Thinking in Education [Paperback]

A major contribution towards teaching for judgment, not just for knowledge, by a leading theorist.The second edition of Thinking in Education makes a major contribution towards teaching for judgment, not just for knowledge. It provides methods for integrating emotive experience, mental acts, thinking skills and informal fallacies into a concerted approach to the improvement of reasoning and judgment. It also shows how the community of inquiry can be utilized for the reduction of violence in the classroom and for the improvement of education of children at risk. Its great wealth of information and wisdom about thinking in education makes it an invaluable resource for all teachers.The second edition of Thinking in Education makes a major contribution towards teaching for judgment, not just for knowledge. It provides methods for integrating emotive experience, mental acts, thinking skills and informal fallacies into a concerted approach to the improvement of reasoning and judgment. It also shows how the community of inquiry can be utilized for the reduction of violence in the classroom and for the improvement of education of children at risk. Its great wealth of information and wisdom about thinking in education makes it an invaluable resource for all teachers.This second edition makes a major contribution toward teaching for judgment skills, not just for knowledge. It provides methods for integrating emotive experience and thinking into a concerted approach to the improvement of reasoning and judgment. This second edition also shows how the community of inquiry can be utilized for the reduction of violence in the classroom and for the improvement of education of children at risk. The volume's abundant information about the varied approaches in the field of education makes it an invaluable resource for all teachers.Part I. Education for Thinking: 1. The reflective model of educational practice; 2. Approaches in teaching for thinking; 3. Obstacles and misconceptil³Á