TY - BOOK AU - Gardner,Howard TI - The unschooled mind: how children think and how schools should teach SN - 0465088953 AV - LB 1062 G227u 1991 U1 - 370.15 PY - 1991/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Education KW - Aims and objectives KW - Cognitive learning KW - Educación KW - Fines y objetivos KW - Aprendizaje cognitivo N1 - Introduction : the central puzzles of learning 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 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 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 N2 - Merging cognitive science with the educational agenda, Gardner begins with a fascinating look at the young child’s mind and concludes with a sweeping program for educational reform. The book shows how both the ancient art of apprenticeship and the modern children’s museum both work because learning takes place in context ER -