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Education for Thinking
reviewed by Gardner Dunnan - 2006
 Title: Education for Thinking
Author(s): Deanna Kuhn
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
ISBN: 0674019067, Pages: 199, Year: 2005
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Periodically, a book comes along that shapes our thinking about education in a profoundly transforming way. Deweys Democracy and Education (1916), Bruners Toward a Theory of Instruction (1966), Silbermans Crises in the Classroom: The Remaking of American Education (1970), A Nation at Risk (1983) by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, Gardners Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983), and Sizers Horaces Compromise (1984) come to mind. It will be a wonderful contribution to American education if Education for Thinking joins this elite group of publications that make a difference for our children and our profession. Every parent, educator, and public policy maker will benefit from reading Professor Kuhns succinct and thought-provoking book. The book begins with a brief overview of various perspectives on the purposes of education. Professor Kuhn discusses the arguments for educating to instill knowledge," to develop skills, for selection, and educating for citizenship She... (preview truncated at 150 words.)
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- Gardner Dunnan
The School at Columbia University
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GARDNER DUNNAN is Gardner Dunnan Associate Provost at Columbia University and Founder and Head of The School at Columbia University.
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