The Informed Vision - Essays On Learning And Human Nature

An education classic is back in print. 15 essays on how children learn. David Hawkins led a long and respected career as an educator and as a scholar of how we learn. A must read for educators, and all who are concerned with schools and the relationships between teachers and children. Preface......Page 13 An Essay on Science Education......Page 15 (1965)......Page 16 Mind and Mechanism in Education......Page 31 (1968)......Page 33 Childhood and the Education of Intellectuals......Page 53 (1966)......Page 54 I, Thou, and It......Page 63 (1967)......Page 64 Messing About in Science......Page 77 (1965)......Page 79 The Bird in the Window......Page 89 (1969)......Page 91 Two Essays on Mathematics Teaching......Page 111 (1967)......Page 112 (1972)......Page 120 Development as Education......Page 143 (1967)......Page 145 On Environmental Education......Page 159 (1970)......Page 160 (1968)......Page 171 On Living in Trees......Page 183 (1965)......Page 185 (1967)......Page 205 (1972)......Page 217 The Educational Cycle and Its Closure......Page 220 Equality......Page 223 Freedom......Page 234 Rationality......Page 241 An education classic is back in print. 15 seminal essays explore how children develop their understanding of the world around them