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To Think - Softcover

Smith, Frank

 
9780807730577: To Think

Synopsis

In this book, Frank Smith analyses the language of thinking and then moves on to look at different aspects of the thinking process: everyday thought, creative and critical thought.

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Review

"Will challenge and extend our current understanding of motivation, imagination, and the teaching of thinking."

--Educational Leadership



"Contributes to a long overdue rejuvenation of interest in how teachers can make reading an extension of thinking."

--Journal of Reading



"It could be a major factor in revolutionizing the way we approach education."

--Roeper Review



"Highly readable, insightful book."

--Curriculum Review

About the Author

Frank Smith has always been fascinated by language. He worked as a journalist in many countries before beginning formal academic studies in Australia. This led to a Ph.D. at Harvard University and further world travel researching, lecturing, and writing on thinking and learning. He has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; the University of Toronto; the University of Victoria, British Columbia; and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has published many articles and books.

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