"The Having of Wonderful Ideas" and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning

Abstract

In this revised Third Edition of her indispensable classic on Piaget and teaching, renowned educator and scholar Eleanor Duckworth provides a new introduction to her wide-ranging writings and adds a chapter on critical exploration in classroom. While touching on many subjects - from science, math, and language to thinking, teaching, learning, evaluation, and teacher education - each of these essays supports author's deeply felt belief that the having of wonderful ideas is essence of intellectual development, and that focus of education should be on learner's point of view. Her constant concern is to encourage an approach to education that allows occasions for learners, whether children or teachers, to construct their own knowledge.

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