Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Mind in a Knowledge-Based Society. Our Oldest Unchallenged Folk Theory at Last Faces Its Day of Reckoning. Keeping the Brain in Mind. Knowledge Outside the Mind. The Knowing Mind. Aspects of Knowledgeability. Learning to Think Differently About Knowledge and Mind. Part II: Education and Knowledge Work. Educational Planning: Reacting to the Future. Putting Learning in Its Proper Place. Subject Matter That Matters. Critical Thinking, Creativity, and Other Virtues. Can Education Become a Modern Profession? Why Educational Reform Needs a New Theory of Mind. Appendix: Conceptual Artifacts: Theoretical Issues.

About the Author

Carl Bereiter

Reviews

"This fascinating book sets out a central argument about the construction of knowledge in two steps. One step is why a two-dimensional world based on a folk-theory of mind (FTM) should be replaced by a three-dimensional world based on Popper's epistemology without a knowing subject (PEWKS). The other step is how this replacement is advantageous for theory and practice in education. Carl Bereiter's book is a tribute to his good intent, the intent of bringing epistemology (back!) into education."
—British Journal of Educational Psychology"This is an excellent resource for educators at all levels, as well as for students of education and those involved in educational planning and reform. The creation of knowledge, or a constructivist view of education, and the goal of qualitatively (rather than quantitatively) higher standards comprise the focus of improvement in knowledge in a knowledge-based society"
—CHOICE"Bereiter develops his position artfully with commonsense examples that traverse academic concepts, social cognition, and everyday problem solving. He holds the reader's attention with entertaining anecdotes that illustrate deep concepts."
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