WHAT -- AND HOW -- SHOULD WE BE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN?<P>In The Disciplined Mind, Howard Gardner, the brilliant educator who revolutionized our thinking with his theory of multiple intelligences, offers a controversial and far-reaching work on the goals of education. His argument -- aimed at parents, educators, and the general public alike -- is that K-12 education should enhance a deep understanding of three principles: truth, beauty, and ...

This 11th edition of Annual Editions: Child Growth & Development is a compilation of articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals. The articles cover topics on learning in school; early cognitive development and parenting and family issues. This title is supported by Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/), a student Web site that provides study support tools and links to related Web ...

This special issue addresses the three core issues of theoretical base, the consultant's line of responsibility, and application in educational settings. The first article presents a theoretical perspective on consultee-centered consultation from cognitive change theory and constructivist notions. The remaining papers each present concepts and results from empirical investigations that examine the process of consultee-centered consultation in ...

This volume describes and critically examines the state of the art in research on achievement motivation in ethnically and culturally diverse groups. The authors address three visible shortcomings in the current literaturethe problems inherent in decontextualized research, the need to consider culture authentically, and the need to recognize differences within groups. This volume considers the greater insights that come from research that is ...

The story of Thelma Blumberg, a school psychologist in both the Baltimore City School and the Jewish school system. She recounts her daily struggles and hurtles with her emotionally challenged son, as she deals with a constant barrage of problems from parents and children from the inner city to the suburbs. Includes her work with children in Kiryat Arba, the twin city of Hebron, on the West Bank of Israel, who have been traumatized by the ...

The story of Thelma Blumberg, a school psychologist in both the Baltimore City School and the Jewish school system. She recounts her daily struggles and hurtles with her emotionally challenged son, as she deals with a constant barrage of problems from parents and children from the inner city to the suburbs. Includes her work with children in Kiryat Arba, the twin city of Hebron, on the West Bank of Israel, who have been traumatized by the ...

Creativity is a term often discussed in relation to education, particularly in primary schools. This book sets out to explore what it means in both practical and theoretical terms for children, teachers and the context in which they work. The key areas of planning, resourcing, organizing, managing and assessing creativity are dealt with in an accessible and readable style. Cameos and classroom examples are used in order to indicate effective ...

A timely complement to John Bruer's Schools for Thought, Classroom Lessons documents eight projects that apply cognitive research to improve classroom practice. The chapter authors are all principal investigators in an influential research initiative on cognitive science and education. Classroom Lessons describes their collaborations with classroom teachers aimed at improving teaching and learning for students in grades K-12. The eight projects ...

This book draws on the author's experience of promoting young children's creativity and imagination in a variety of settings over the last twenty years. The settings include home and center based care and this book draws on the practical experience of adults living and working with children in these settings. The aim of the book is to use real life examples of young children's development and their growing competence to show the richness of their ...

Creativity is not just the gift of a select few-it can be tapped in all, as the Eberts demonstrate in this fascinating book. They offer an in-depth discussion of creative thinking and its role in science, along with more than 50 exciting, mind-stretching activities that integrate the processes of creativity and invention into the science curriculum. These will help you encourage imagination, creative thinking, problem solving, and higher-order ...