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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Thinking: the Foundation of Critical and Creative Learning in the Classroom

The Wabash Center

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Author
Boostrom, Robert
Publisher
Teachers College Press, New York, NY
ISBN
807745693
Table of Contents
Foreword

ch. 1 Categories of thinking
ch. 2 Arts and disciplines
ch. 3 The content of stories
ch. 4 Stories in context
ch. 5 The whole truth
ch. 6 Thinking for oneself
What might a school that wholeheartedly values thinking look like? How can we encourage students to be active learners instead of passive recipients of knowledge? In this engaging book, Boostrom invites readers to think about the ways in which the practice of teaching unintentionally promotes nonthinking. (From the Publisher)