Gardner, Howard. <br/><br/>
The unschooled mind :  how children think and how schools should teach / 
Howard Gardner. 
 - New York :  BasicBooks,  c2004. 
 - xii, 303 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-291) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the central puzzles of learning -- Conceptualizing the development of the mind -- Initial learnings : constraints and possibilities -- Knowing the world through symbols -- The worlds of the preschooler : the emergence of intuitive understandings -- The values and traditions of education -- The institution called school -- The difficulties posed by school : misconceptions in the sciences -- More difficulties posed by school : stereotypes in the social sciences and the humanities -- The search for solutions : dead ends and promising means -- Education for understanding during the early years -- Education for understanding during the adolescent years -- Toward national and global understandings. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465088961 (pbk.) :  $ 19.00 9780465088966 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cognitive learning.<br/>Education--Aims and objectives.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 1062  / .G36 2004