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To Open Minds (Paperback)
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Ebullient, energetic, prolific Gardner (The Mind's New Science,
Frames of Mind, etc.) provides more than insights into
Chinese-style education in this latest volume. A goodly portion is
autobiographical and sheds light on Gardner's stance that
intelligence is not a unitary concept. Rather, he posits the
existence of multiple "frames of mind" that tap into nonverbal and
nonlogical skills. Gardner grew up in the 1940's as a child of
German-Jewish refugees living in Scranton. He is colorblind and
lacks depth perception but showed musical talent at an early age.
He personally decided not to pursue the arduous training to become
a professional musician. A born achiever, he wound up at Harvard
and came under the influence of Erikson, Bruner, Roger Brown, and
others. Gardner's postgraduate years involved him in one project
after another, working with brain-damaged veterans, developing
experimental elementary-school programs in suburban Boston,
investigating arts education. The last led to grants to explore the
Chinese approach - celebrated in all those marvels of performance
of song and dance, calligraphy and drawing of preschool and early
graders. What followed were a series of trips throughout China, on
one of which Gardner was accompanied by his wife and an adopted
Taiwanese child. When the little boy was encouraged to drop the
hotel room key in the slot provided, he made the usual trials and
errors to his and his parents' amusement. Invariably, a Chinese
adult would observe and gently guide the boy's hand to the proper
position and place. That, Gardner explains, is emblematic of the
Chinese approach to education - skills and practice before
exploration and creativity, the direct opposite of the approach of
liberal, child-centered educational philosophy. This theme is
elaborated in discussions of Chinese Confucian philosophy and the
long history of the hierarchical ordering of society. In the end,
Gardner suggests a middle road for American education, one that
could benefit from greater emphasis on skills and on learning
appropriate classroom deportment, while allowing for exploratory
do-it-yourself behaviors that encourage individual cognitive styles
and creative productions. An approach that may, in time, lead to
more incisive thinkers who can write more incisive books like this
one. (Kirkus Reviews)
This book combines a review of basic Jewish belief in terms that an
educated layman can understand, a handbook covering basic laws and
observance needed for Jewish living in the late 20th century and a
rationale for these observances. It uses simple language and
explains the laws and observances for the special occasions of life
including birth, naming, circumcision, adoption, marriage and
mourning. There are also chapters on the underlying creed of
Judaism, on ethics, Torah and many other topics.
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