- Civilization, Western, Cognition and culture, Education, Educational anthropology
The Educated Mind offers a bold and revitalizing new vision for today's uncertain educational system. Kieran Egan reconceives education, taking into account how we learn. He proposes the use of particular "intellectual tools"—such as language or literacy—that shape how we make sense of the world.
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- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Kieran Egan
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 305
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780226190365
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“Education is one of the greatest consumers of public money in the Western world, and it employs a larger workforce than almost any other social agency.”
educational philosopher and student of the classics, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and cultural history
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