The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach

by Howard Gardner

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Merging cognitive science with educational agenda and how the latter desn't fit the former; advocates restructuring education

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The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach by Howard E. Gardner (1993)

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Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner shows how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to current educational materials, practices, and institutions, and makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools. This reissue includes a new introduction by the author.

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An expert in the field of cognitive science explains the development of a child's ability to interpret the world and offers new teaching methods based on current research in early learning.