LEADER 03546oam 2200601I 450 001 9910968904503321 005 20251117000041.0 010 $a1-315-67827-6 010 $a1-317-39068-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315678276 035 $a(CKB)3710000000431381 035 $a(EBL)3569523 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001541609 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11875051 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001541609 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11534982 035 $a(PQKB)11333856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569523 035 $a(OCoLC)911266344 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000431381 100 $a20180706e20151990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnderstanding skills $ethinking, feeling, and caring /$fRobin Barrow 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Revivals 300 $a"First published in 1990 by the Althouse Press"--t.p. verso. 311 08$a1-138-93399-6 311 08$a1-138-93396-1 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aIt is widely agreed that education should involve the development of understanding, critical thinking, imagination, and emotions. However, this book, first published in 1990, argues that our views to these key concepts are confused and inaccurate, and therefore what we do in schools is generally inappropriate to our ideal. This book will be of interest to students of education and philosophy. 410 0$aRoutledge revivals. 606 $aEducation$xPhilosophy 606 $aEducation$xAims and objectives 615 0$aEducation$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEducation$xAims and objectives. 676 $a370.15 676 $a370.1 700 $aBarrow$b Robin.$0250699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968904503321 996 $aUnderstanding skills$94487269 997 $aUNINA