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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797111003321

Autore

Barrow Robin

Titolo

Understanding skills : thinking, feeling, and caring / / Robin Barrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-67827-6

1-317-39068-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

370.15

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Education - Aims and objectives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1990 by the Althouse Press"--t.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter One The Ideal and the Reality""; ""i) The ideal""; ""ii) Two approaches to an aspect of the ideal""; ""iii) The reality""; ""Chapter Two Six Erroneous Assumptions""; ""i) Faculty psychology""; ""ii) Skills""; ""iii) Historical/cultural context""; ""iv) Materialism and technocracy""; ""v) Relativity of values""; ""vi) Scientific mode of inquiry""; ""Chapter Three Giftedness: A Cautionary Tale""

""i) The problem of definition""""ii) The concept of giftedness""; ""iii) Nature or nurture?""; ""iv) The erroneous assumptions""; ""v) Programming for the gifted""; ""Chapter Four Intellectual Qualities""; ""i) Brainstorming""; ""ii) Critical thinking and problem solving""; ""iii) The concept of skill""; ""Chapter Five Imagination and Creativity""; ""i) Reason and emotion""; ""ii) Education of the emotions""; ""iii) Imagination""; ""iv) Creativity""; ""v) Insight and intuition""; ""Chapter Six Interpersonal Skills and Values""; ""i) Caring and other social skills""

""ii) Values clarification""""iii) Relativism""; ""Chapter Seven Curriculum Content""; ""i) Intelligence""; ""ii) Vocational and topic courses""; ""iii) The core curriculum""; ""Chapter Eight Pedagogical Points""; ""i) Teacher education""; ""ii) The rivers of India-process and content""; ""iii) Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""