Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Teaching to transgress Teaching to transgress Bell Hooks,Marta Malo In Teaching to Transgress bell hooks—writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual—writes about a new kind of education, *education as the practice of freedom*. Teaching students to "transgress" … OL15053159W
Upgrade your brain Upgrade your brain John Middleton 52 fresh ideas for flexing mental muscle.Learn how to maximize brain power and access insight and creativity, at work and at play. From problem-solving to mind-mapping through story-telling and chatt… OL15083581W
Engaging ideas Engaging ideas John C. Bean "Engaging Ideas, Second Edition is a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate the… OL15952336W
Minds, brains, computers Minds, brains, computers Robert M. Harnish This volume offers a useful resource that is both a historical and interdisciplinary introduction to the foundations of cognitive science. It traces the history of central concepts from the 19th cent… OL16066382W
Reflective practice Reflective practice Gwen Sherwood,Sara Horton-Deutsch To learn from the events in our lives we must reflect on the situation, understand it and learn from it. Reflective Practice: Transforming Education and Improving Outcomes book Gwen Sherwood and Sara… OL16585896W
Teaching for critical thinking Teaching for critical thinking Stephen Brookfield "In Teaching for Critical Thinking, Stephen Brookfield builds on his last three decades of experience running workshops and teaching courses on critical thinking to explore how student learn to think… OL16652480W
Small Teaching Small Teaching James M. Lang Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radi… OL17879530W
Como Crear Mapas Mentales Como Crear Mapas Mentales Tony Buzan Mind Mapping is a system of planning and note-taking that has changed the lives of people across the world. This guide explains how Mind Maps can make it easy to: - plan a presentation or report - th… OL1952690W
Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI Common sense, the Turing test, and the quest for real AI Hector J. Levesque "What can artificial intelligence teach us about the mind? If AI's underlying concept is that thinking is a computational process, then how can computation illuminate thinking? It's a timely question… OL20056174W
The mind of man The mind of man Nigel Calder 288 p. 25 cm OL2381864W
The art of clear thinking The art of clear thinking Rudolf Franz Flesch,Rudolf Flesch "Here is a psychological self-help book--with a difference. Most other books of this kind are either book-length pep talks or book-length sermons: this book is neither. Instead, the author has done w… OL265734W
Learning journals and critical incidents Learning journals and critical incidents Tony Ghaye,Sue Lillyman This is the 2nd edition of the best selling book Learning Journals and Critical Incidents which has been widely acknowledged for its contribution to the understanding of reflection and reflective pra… OL27973785W
All year long All year long Christine A. Swanson Reading exercises provide opportunities for thinking and learning. OL28177124W
Grace Trail Grace Trail Anne Barry Jolles No matter who you are, no matter what you've been through, Grace Trail(R) will connect where you are now with where you want to go. You can walk the trail anywhere, anytime, with anyone by just showi… OL29318245W
The Dragons of Eden The Dragons of Eden Carl Sagan Presents an overview of human evolution and discusses human and animal intelligence, the mechanisms of the brain, memory, sleep, myths and legends about evolution, and the possibility of intelligent … OL2950952W
Thinking goes to school Thinking goes to school Hans G. Furth Proposes to show how children can be prepared to develop their full potential as 'thinking' human beings. The activities or 'games' described provide a general foundation which should help the child … OL3344160W
Primary Process Thinking Primary Process Thinking Robert R. Holt "Volume 1 ... examines changes in Freud's conceptions of primary and secondary process thought ... Voume 2, included on an enclosed CD, begins with a detailed, self -teaching scoring manual for measu… OL4646792W
Handbook for the Third Millennium Handbook for the Third Millennium Ron Smothermon Most likely the best book ever written for distinguishing the ontological aspects of being for human beings. This handbook is written and built on the point of view that there is no Absolute Truth … OL6444970W