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To Think: In Language, Learning and Education - Hardcover

Smith, Frank

 
9781138423435: To Think: In Language, Learning and Education
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138423432 ISBN 13: 9781138423435
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

One of the central questions facing anyone involved in education is can you actually teach anyone to think? To begin to answer this question, it is necessary to know what thinking means. Frank Smith is one of the most influential writers in education today. His work on reading in particular has had a seminal effect on classroom practice throughout the English-speaking world. At the core of all his work has been this issue of the nature of thought. In this book, he analyses the language of thinking and then moves on to look at different aspects of the thinking process: everyday thought, creative and critical thought. Finally he looks critically at the various methods currently advocated for teaching children to think, arguing that learning to think is in the end less a matter of instruction than of experience and opportunity.

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Frank Smith

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138423432
ISBN 13 
9781138423435
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
194