Transforming Mind: A Critical Cognitive Activity (Series in Language & Ideology) - Softcover

Gloria J. Gannaway

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897892801 ISBN 13: 9780897892803

Publisher: Praeger (UK), 1994

Synopsis

Emergent paradigms in the physical sciences are combined with deconstructionist methods and Vygotsky's theory of speech and thought to formulate new mind-sets for society and education, which will promote nonlinear, nonpatriarchal, nonviolent, anti-authoritarian worldviews on which to build stronger individuals and societies. E. D. Hirsch and other establishment education reformers are shown to be dangerously noncritical and bound to old paradigms that advocate simple solutions to complex problems. Gannaway contends that the nature of contemporary American society is unique and must be creatively analyzed before the educational system can be effectively reformed. She shows teachers how to use familiar texts from popular culture to develop habits of critical thinking that will protect students and citizens from insidious mass media myths.

About this title

About the Author

GLORIA GANNAWAY was most recently a Professor at the Institute of North American Studies in Barcelona, Spain. She has also taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Northeastern University,

lkent University, Ankara, Turkey

korova University, Adana, Turkey

and Austin Community College, Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897892801
• ISBN 13: 9780897892803
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200