03945nam 2200841 a 450 991045531240332120210429233038.097866121892101-282-18921-20-226-19040-410.7208/9780226190402(CKB)111004366538946(EBL)408518(OCoLC)262293142(SSID)ssj0000144053(PQKBManifestationID)12037698(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144053(PQKBWorkID)10120158(PQKB)11382924(SSID)ssj0000517919(PQKBManifestationID)12148028(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517919(PQKBWorkID)10487423(PQKB)11503348(MiAaPQ)EBC408518(DE-B1597)524349(OCoLC)824153986(DE-B1597)9780226190402(Au-PeEL)EBL408518(CaPaEBR)ebr10314043(CaONFJC)MIL218921(EXLCZ)9911100436653894619960814d1997 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrThe educated mind[electronic resource] how cognitive tools shape our understanding /Kieran EganChicago University of Chicago Pressc19971 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-19036-6 0-226-19039-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-292) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Part One --Part Two --Afterword --Bibliography --IndexThe Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"-such as language or literacy-that shape how we make sense of the world. These mediating tools generate successive kinds of understanding: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophical, and ironic. Egan's account concludes with practical proposals for how teaching and curriculum can be changed to reflect the way children learn. "A carefully argued and readable book. . . . Egan proposes a radical change of approach for the whole process of education. . . . There is much in this book to interest and excite those who discuss, research or deliver education."-Ann Fullick, New Scientist "A compelling vision for today's uncertain educational system."-Library Journal "Almost anyone involved at any level or in any part of the education system will find this a fascinating book to read."-Dr. Richard Fox, British Journal of Educational Psychology "A fascinating and provocative study of cultural and linguistic history, and of how various kinds of understanding that can be distinguished in that history are recapitulated in the developing minds of children."-Jonty Driver, New York Times Book ReviewEducationPhilosophyCognition and cultureCivilization, WesternHistoryEducational anthropologyEducational sociologyLearning, Psychology ofTeachingPsycholinguisticsElectronic books.EducationPhilosophy.Cognition and culture.Civilization, WesternHistory.Educational anthropology.Educational sociology.Learning, Psychology of.Teaching.Psycholinguistics.370/.1Egan Kieran479319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455312403321The educated mind2028895UNINA