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1 online resource (xviii, 189 pages) |
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why Do Americans Assume that Aptitude Governs Learning?; The "Modern" Mindset That's Actually a Relic: A Preview; Replacing Our Antique Mindset with One Tailor-Made for Us Today; Notes; I: European Antecedents; When, Why, and How Did Americans'Current Ways of Thinking Originate?; Chapter One: A Perspective on Teaching Out of the Depths of Time; Family-Centered Subsistence Societies in Prehistoric Times; Selecting a Teacher in Prehistoric Times: A Thought Experiment; The "Time-Honored Paradigm" forThinking about Teachers |
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The Six Elements of the Time-Honored ParadigmThe Rise of the "Western-Contemporary Paradigm"for Thinking about Teachers; Musings and Speculations; Why Chapter 1 Is Important; What to Remember: Bullet-Point Lists of Key Learnings from Chapters 1-16; Notes; Chapter Two: Greek Philosophers Focus on a World Beyond the Senses; The Contribution of Pythagoras to the Paradigm of Plato's Times; Transmigration of Souls and the DawningBelief in the Power of Intuition; Elements of the Greek Paradigm into Which Plato Was Born; Plato Posits that the MostValuable Knowledge Is Inside Each Person |
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Aristotle Adjusts Plato's Concepts and States How Mental Development OccursMusings and Speculations; Why Chapter 2 Is Important; Genealogical Chart: Tracing the Path toa Modern American Paradigm; Notes; Chapter Three: New Views of the Natural World; Life, Learning, and Logic in 15th and 16th Century Europe; New Views Begin to Emerge Late in the 16th Century; New Views Encounter ScholarlySkepticism Before Gaining Credibility; Europe in the 15th and 18th Centuries:Comparing Old and New Paradigms; Musings and Speculations; Why Chapter 3 Is Important; Notes |
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Chapter Four: New Views of Human Consciousness and LearningHumanism and Realism during the Renaissance; Comenius, Locke, and the Rise of Sense Realism; Philosophic Trends in Europe between the16th and 18th Centuries; Musings and Speculations; Why Chapter 4 Is Important; Notes; Chapter Five: New Views of Children and Childhood; Younger Children Are Better Children; The Enduring Impact of Rousseau's Émile; The Emergence of Childhood andTwo Views of How to Regard It; Musings and Speculations; Why Chapter 5 Is Important; Notes; Chapter Six: New Views of Authority in Societies and Schools |
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Thought Leaders Question the Basis of AuthorityChanges in the Texture of Europeans' Daily Lives; Authority in Classrooms Enters the 18th Century Discussion; Musings and Speculations; Why Chapter 6 Is Important; Notes; Chapter Seven: New Ideals for Human Life and Learning; Intellectual Streams Feed a Romantic Flood; Literary Romanticism's Love Affair with Children and Nature; Three Literary Romantics in Their Own Words; The Assumptions, Beliefs, and Ideals of Literary Romanticism; Musings and Speculations; Why Chapter 7 Is Important; Notes |
| Summary |
The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children's mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans' ways of thinking about children's learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely by innate aptitude |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Academic achievement -- United States
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Achievement motivation in children -- United States
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Learning ability.
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Education -- United States.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Academic achievement
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Achievement motivation in children
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Education
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Learning ability
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021677222 |
| ISBN |
9781475804379 |
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1475804377 |
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1299688640 |
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9781299688643 |
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