EXPERT BELIEVES "THINKING" SHOULD BE IN THE CURRICULUM (fwd)

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Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:38:52 +0100 (MET) 

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 01:38:52 +0100 (MET)
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@amadeus.statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: EXPERT BELIEVES "THINKING" SHOULD BE IN THE CURRICULUM (fwd)

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Dear IFETS-Forum Members,

 I would like to add this module...in ongoing discussions..actually the
discussions are not really warming up..!!

According to Dr. Arthur Pober, an educational psychologist, "Thinking is a
kind of overlord of academia. What many grown-ups do not understand is that
learning math and reading, social studies and science, music, woodworking,
block-building or art does not teach youngsters how to think. Just the
reverse." Learning to think, according to Dr. Pober, "should be a distinct
component of the school curriculum and a distinct activity at home."
Educators generally agree that thinking comprises a cluster of elements:
memory; cognition, or learning; decision-making and problem solving.
Learning includes the ability to understand information and to explain it
to others.

Kind Regards
Arun

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