The how children think and how schools should teach Gardner, Howard 1943- creator text bibliography nyu New York Basic Books c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xxx, 322 p. ; 24 cm. Introduction: the central puzzles of learning -- I: The "natural" learner -- Conceptualizing the development of the mind -- Initial learnings: constraints and possibilities -- Knowing the world through symbols -- The worlds of the preschooler: the emergence of intuitive understandings -- II: Understanding educational institutions -- The values and traditions of education -- The institution called school -- The difficulties posed by school: misconceptions in the sciences -- More difficulties posed by school: stereotypes in the social sciences and the humanities -- III: Toward education for understanding -- The search for solutions: dead ends and promising means -- Education for understanding during the early years -- Education for understanding during the adolescent years -- Toward national and global understandings. Howard Gardner. Reprint. Originally published: 1991. "Twentienth-anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index. Cognitive learning Education Aims and objectives 9780465024384 (pbk.) : 0465024386 : 91070058 YDXCP 151009 20190501181116.0 705522857