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Article: Teaching Children to Think
- Article from:
- The Journal of Educational Thought
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright University of Calgary, Faculty of Education Spring 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Fisher, R. (2005). Teaching Children to Think (2nd ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Nelson Thornes Ltd, softcover, 248 pages.
The question of how to teach children to think is the subject of much academic discussion these days. With this in mind, Robert Fisher's book, Teaching Children to Think can be viewed as a successful attempt to address this discussion.
Robert Fisher describes throughout the text how to teach children to think, to reason, and to solve problems. He explains practical ways through various diagrams and examples to develop the thinking and learning of children of all ages and abilities. On the first page of his Introduction, Fisher states that he "reviews the main concepts, methods ...