• Preface. Introduction. Learning to Think: The Direct Method. The direct teaching of thinking in education and the CoRT method. Commentary. Research work on the CoRT method. Instrumental enrichment: a strategy for cognitive and academic improvement. Reviving thought processes in pre-adolescents. Learning to Think: The Infusion Approach. The passion of thoughtfulness: arts, humanities and the life of the mind. Cognitive acceleration through science education. Learning thinking through the new technologies. Strengthening reasoning and judgement through philosophy. From practice to theory: improving the thinking process. Thought processes in learning. The project FACE (Formal Aims of Cognitive Education). The Application of Cognitive Knowledge to the Teaching of Thinking. Critical thinking across multiple intelligences. Commentary. Methods and approaches. Commentary. Issues related to the whole child: implications for curriculum development. Appendix. Background report: The key issues and literature reviewed.

The editors have worked hard to make the material accessible; Stuart Maclure's overview is complemented by a lucid general account by John Nisbet of methods and approaches and a useful background report from OECD's Research Centre, and the sequence of papers has been carefully thought out...key problems permeate the book...provides useful insights... Times Education Supplement

• Preface. Introduction. Learning to Think: The Direct Method. The direct teaching of thinking in education and the CoRT method. Commentary. Research work on the CoRT method. Instrumental enrichment: a strategy for cognitive and academic improvement. Reviving thought processes in pre-adolescents. Learning to Think: The Infusion Approach. The passion of thoughtfulness: arts, humanities and the life of the mind. Cognitive acceleration through science education. Learning thinking through the new technologies. Strengthening reasoning and judgement through philosophy. From practice to theory: improving the thinking process. Thought processes in learning. The project FACE (Formal Aims of Cognitive Education). The Application of Cognitive Knowledge to the Teaching of Thinking. Critical thinking across multiple intelligences. Commentary. Methods and approaches. Commentary. Issues related to the whole child: implications for curriculum development. Appendix. Background report: The key issues and literature reviewed.

The editors have worked hard to make the material accessible; Stuart Maclure's overview is complemented by a lucid general account by John Nisbet of methods and approaches and a useful background report from OECD's Research Centre, and the sequence of papers has been carefully thought out...key problems permeate the book...provides useful insights... Times Education Supplement

• Preface. Introduction. Learning to Think: The Direct Method. The direct teaching of thinking in education and the CoRT method. Commentary. Research work on the CoRT method. Instrumental enrichment: a strategy for cognitive and academic improvement. Reviving thought processes in pre-adolescents. Learning to Think: The Infusion Approach. The passion of thoughtfulness: arts, humanities and the life of the mind. Cognitive acceleration through science education. Learning thinking through the new technologies. Strengthening reasoning and judgement through philosophy. From practice to theory: improving the thinking process. Thought processes in learning. The project FACE (Formal Aims of Cognitive Education). The Application of Cognitive Knowledge to the Teaching of Thinking. Critical thinking across multiple intelligences. Commentary. Methods and approaches. Commentary. Issues related to the whole child: implications for curriculum development. Appendix. Background report: The key issues and literature reviewed.

The editors have worked hard to make the material accessible; Stuart Maclure's overview is complemented by a lucid general account by John Nisbet of methods and approaches and a useful background report from OECD's Research Centre, and the sequence of papers has been carefully thought out...key problems permeate the book...provides useful insights... Times Education Supplement