Thinking Goes to School: Piaget's Theory in Practice

Contents......Page 14
Introduction......Page 22
I: Theory......Page 28
1 Piaget\'s Theory Applied to the School for Thinking......Page 30
Seven characteristics: Development versus learning......Page 31
The source of development......Page 32
High-level thinking......Page 34
Language and thinking......Page 38
Intrinsic Motivation......Page 40
Scope of intelligence......Page 42
Developmental stages......Page 45
II: A School for Thinking......Page 50
What we proposed......Page 52
How teachers were trained......Page 53
Tyler Elementary School......Page 54
The teachers, the children, the parents......Page 55
The two years of the project......Page 56
3 Guiding Principles of a Thinking School Classroom......Page 59
Long-range objectives......Page 60
General rationale of classroom activities......Page 62
School activities program......Page 67
Time schedule of activities......Page 68
General plan of a first year school day......Page 70
A week\'s schedule of first year activities......Page 71
The second year schedule......Page 75
Grouping of children......Page 76
Raising and lowering demands......Page 77
5 An Environment for Intellectual Health......Page 80
Ill: Thinking Games......Page 88
6 General Movement Thinking......Page 90
Reflexive control, 2 games......Page 94
Mental map of body, 7 games......Page 96
Coordination of body\'s axes, 8 games......Page 103
Body balance, 4 games......Page 113
Coordinated action, 3 games......Page 126
7 Discriminative Movement Thinking......Page 130
Eye movement-thinking......Page 131
Digital movement thinking, 5 games......Page 148
Lip and tongue movement-thinking, 9 games......Page 152
8 Visual Thinking Games......Page 158
Parquetry block, 10 games......Page 161
Pegboard, 4 games......Page 167
Tachistoscope, 11 games......Page 173
Miscellaneous, 10 games......Page 178
9 Auditory Thinking Games......Page 192
10 Hand Thinking Games......Page 207
Feel-and-find box, 8 games......Page 211
11 Graphic Thinking Games......Page 218
Dots, 3 games......Page 220
Tracking, 7 games......Page 224
Prewriting, 1 game......Page 225
12 Logical Thinking Games......Page 228
Classification......Page 229
Ordering and seriating, 3 games......Page 238
Permutations, 2 games......Page 241
Cross classification, 3 games......Page 243
Symbol-picture logic, 1 game......Page 246
Probability, 3 games......Page 249
Visual perspective, 2 games......Page 252
Experience drama......Page 254
Tune-up games, 6 games......Page 260
For entire class, 8 games......Page 266
For small group, 6 games......Page 275
Experience photography, 6 games......Page 278
Experience excursions, 3 games......Page 281
Experience demonstrations......Page 282
Experience discussions......Page 283
IV: Implications......Page 286
14 A School for Thinking for All Children......Page 288
Primary education......Page 289
Preprimary education......Page 292
Postprimary education......Page 293
Special education......Page 295
Outlook......Page 298
Notes......Page 302
C......Page 310
E......Page 311
I......Page 312
P......Page 313
S......Page 314
U......Page 315
Y......Page 316