Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools

by Roger Schank

From grade school to graduate school, from the poorest public institutions to the most affluent private ones, our educational system is failing students. In his provocative new book, cognitive scientist and bestselling author Roger Schank argues that class size, lack of parental involvement, and other commonly-cited factors have nothing to do with why students are not learning. The culprit is a system of subject-based instruction, and the solution is cognitive-based learning. This groundbreaking book defines what it would mean to teach thinking. The time is now for schools to start teaching minds!

• ISBN10: 0807770906
• ISBN13: 9780807770900
• Publish Date: 1 October 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Teachers College Press
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[adamfortuna]

Most useful takeaways? Give people problems to solve. Show what they'll be building. When students are wrong, ask them questions rather than telling them the answer.