Knowledge As Design

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autorentext

D.N. Perkins is co-director of Project Zero and an associate of the Educational Technology Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. While working for his Ph.D. in mathematics and artificial intelligence at MIT, he helped found Project Zero. He has given many workshops and presentations regard­ing thinking skills, including engagements in Israel, Holland, Venezuela, and Colombia.

Zusammenfassung
These collected essays from leading figures in cognitive psychology represent the latest research and thinking in the field. The volume is organized around four &quote;Endelian&quote; themes: encoding and retrieval processes in memory; the neuropsychology of memory; classificatory systems for memory; and consciousness, emotion, and memory.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Knowledge as Design; Chapter 2 Design Colored Glasses; Chapter 3 Words By Design; Chapter 4 Acts of Design; Chapter 5 Inside Models; Chapter 6 Inside Argument; Chapter 7 The Art of Argument; Chapter 8 Schooling Minds;