Transforming Mind

A Critical Cognitive Activity

Gloria J. Gannaway (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

1994
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-89789-280-3 (ISBN)

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Emergent paradigms in the physical sciences are combined with deconstructionist methods and Vygotsky's theory of speech and thought to formulate new mind-sets for society and education, which will promote nonlinear, nonpatriarchal, nonviolent, anti-authoritarian worldviews on which to build stronger individuals and societies. E. D. Hirsch and other establishment education reformers are shown to be dangerously noncritical and bound to old paradigms that advocate simple solutions to complex problems. Gannaway contends that the nature of contemporary American society is unique and must be creatively analyzed before the educational system can be effectively reformed. She shows teachers how to use familiar texts from popular culture to develop habits of critical thinking that will protect students and citizens from insidious mass media myths.

GLORIA GANNAWAY was most recently a Professor at the Institute of North American Studies in Barcelona, Spain. She has also taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Northeastern University, lkent University, Ankara, Turkey korova University, Adana, Turkey and Austin Community College, Texas.

Defining the Problem Contemporary American Culture: Values, Media, and Technology In Search of New Paradigms Deconstruction Critical Cognitive Activity: A New Paradigm for Education Appendix: Teaching Materials Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.6.1994
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-89789-280-1 / 0897892801
ISBN-13	978-0-89789-280-3 / 9780897892803
Zustand	Neuware