Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking (3rd Edition) 3rd Edition

I'm glad I ordered this book. Still reading it, but can see that it will give me a lot of food for thought as I work int he field of curriculum development.

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The theme of "Developing Minds" is howto make America smart through thedevelopment of realistic expectations,honoring accomplishments, meaningfulevaluations, academic rigor, criticalthinking and apprenticeship.Costa provides a series of small articleswhich develop the major themes in the book.For example, thinking is defined in thecontext of identifying, classifying,establishing relationships, making analogiesand drawing conclusions.There are a number of very important habitscommon to great minds. Examples are persistence,empathy, flexibility, meta cognition, precision,questioning, application of past knowledge,imagination and thinking independently.Intelligence is defined in a number of classiccontexts. Examples are mathematics, verbal skills,interpersonal skills, articulation of nature,musical composition, spatial prowess and masteringbodily functions.Costa develops a profile of great teachers. Theprofile includes the acceptance of student autonomy,allowing dialogue, collaborating, coaching andpeer interaction.Developing Minds is an important teaching tool forteachers, parents, administrators and students. Theexamples are topical and the systems approach is employedthroughout.

I got a hold of this book since 2006, but was too young to read it then. I'm now slowing working my way through it, and now it's 2012. Education has no boundary of time. This book is a great resource for those who would be interested in education.

Teaching, in many ways, has become a tightrope walk between creativity and standards. Do we teach students to memorize and study for tests or do we teach them to think? The essays presented in this book should be an essential part of any teacher education program, not to mention on any department bookshelf. What will serve students better - the ability to pass a test or the ability to think themselves through a given situation? In the era of testing, isn't it time to re-consider what we are doing to the next generation of students? Costa gathers insightful essays by various experts in a way that invites discussion and investigation. The book should not be read all at once, but taken piece by piece and used to enhance classroom inquiry for new and old teachers alike.

Some chapters are really handy.