Education And Mind In The Knowledge Age

In this book Carl Bereitera distinguished and wellknown cognitiveeducational psychologistpresents what he calls a new way of thinking aboutknowledge and the min... » 

In this book Carl Bereitera distinguished and wellknown cognitiveeducational psychologistpresents what he calls a new way of thinking aboutknowledge and the mind. He argues that in todays Knowledge Age educationsconceptual tools are inadequate to address the pressing educational challengesand opportunities of the times. Two things are required first to replace themindascontainer metaphor with one that envisions a mind capable of sustainingknowledgeable intelligent behavior without actually containing stored beliefssecond to recognize a fundamental difference between knowledge building andlearningboth of which are essential parts of education for the knowledge age.Connectionism in cognitive science addresses the first need certaindevelopments in postpositivist epistemology address the second. The authorexplores both the theoretical bases and the practical educational implicationsof this radical change in viewpoint.The book draws on current new ways of thinking about knowledge and mindincluding information processing cognitive psychology situated cognitionconstructivism social constructivism and connectionism but does not adherestrictly to any camp. Above all the author is concerned with developing away of thinking about the mind that can usher education into the knowledge age.This book is intended as a starting point. «