Teaching Minds: How Cognitive Science Can Save Our Schools

by Roger C. Schank

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807752665
• ISBN13: 9780807752661
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"