Thinking in Education

A major contribution towards teaching for judgment, not just for knowledge, by a leading theorist.

Matthew Lipman (Author)

9780521012256, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 January 2003

318 pages, 17 b/w illus. 2 tables 1 exercise
22.8 x 16.3 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg

"This book highlights, very appropriately, why thinking needs improving in schools. It illustrates, in a variety of ways, how teachers could encourage their pupils in thought-provoking debates....This book would be a useful resource to anyone involved in teaching philosophy, citizenship or subject-specific thinking." British Journal of Educational Studies

The first edition of Thinking in Education made a case for inserting thinking into all levels of education by infusing critical thinking into existing disciplines. Matthew Lipman, a leading education theorist, provided procedures to enable students at all levels of education to become more thoughtful, more reasonable, and more judicious. In the 12 years since the first edition was published, the author has broadened his approach to teaching thinking. While critical thinking is important and highly valuable, it is not sufficient; students must develop creative and caring thinking as well. This edition provides methods for integrating emotive experience, mental acts, thinking skills and informal fallacies into a concerted approach to the improvement of reasoning and judgment. It also shows how the community of inquiry can be utilized for the reduction of violence in the classroom and for the improvement of the education of children at risk.

Part I. Education for Thinking: 1. The reflective model of educational practice
2. Approaches in teaching for thinking
3. Obstacles and misconceptions in teaching for thinking
Part II. Communities of Inquiry: 4. Thinking in community
5. The community of inquiry approach to violence reduction
Part III. Orchestrating the Components: 6. The emotions in thinking and in education
7. Mental acts
8. Thinking skills
Part IV. Education for the Improvement of Thinking: 9. The transactive dimensions of thinking
10. Education for critical thinking
11. Education for creative thinking
12. Education for caring thinking
13. Strengthening the power of judgment.

Subject Areas: Education [JN], Psychology [JM]