Teaching change : how to develop independent thinkers using relationships, resilience, and reflection / José Antonio Bowen.

"Learning something new--particularly something that might change your mind--is much more difficult than most teachers think. Because people think with their emotions and are influenced by their communities and social groups, humans tend to ignore new information unless it fits their existing worldv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowen, José Antonio (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Effective teaching.
Thought and thinking > Study and teaching.
Teacher-student relationships.
Learning, Psychology of.
Physical Description:476 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I : Change and learning
  • 1. Educating for uncertainty
  • 2. Your brain-closet
  • 3. Aiming your flashlight
  • 4. The difficulty of thinking for yourself
  • 5. The difficulty of thinking with others (and why discussion can fail)
  • Part II : A new 3Rs
  • 6. Relationships
  • 7. Resilience
  • 8. Reflection
  • Part III : Learning to Change
  • 9. Driving Change
  • 10. Teaching Change
  • 11. Designing Change
  • Acknowledgments.