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

The Unschooled Mind is a look inside a child's brain and how schools should react to it. The book is based on a combination of psychology, human development and educational development, and is split into three sections: how a child's brain works; how schools are teaching now; and what schools can (and should) do differently in the future to ensure each child gets a quality education. One of the examples the book mentions is what occurs when you mix two beakers of water, each at 10 degrees. Children answer that the water will be 20 degrees. The correct answer, however, is that the water temperature stays the same because you aren't altering the chemical property of the water. The childrens' answer is not a fault with their logic nor show more with the education they receive; rather, children use "gut instinct" to solve the problem, and gut instinct says that 10+10=20.

Overall, this is a highly recommended read for those interested in education. show less

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

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

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