
Educating the Evolved Mind
Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology
Information Age Publishing
Will be published approx. on 11. June 2007
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-59311-612-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, David Geary provides a comprehensive theory that brings children's education into the 21st century, and provides directions for the development of a new discipline, "evolutionary educational psychology." Geary presents the case that a scientifically grounded approach to children's schooling and, to a lesser degree, their later occupational interests can be informed by recent advances in the application of evolutionary theory to the understanding of the human brain, mind, and its development. He develops a taxonomy of evolved cognitive abilities and describes how, from an evolutionary perspective, these abilities are modified and refined during childhood. From there, he lays the framework for understanding the relation between evolved abilities, such as language, and the non-evolved competencies that are built from them with schooling, such as reading. Geary describes the mechanisms, such as working memory, that enable humans to transform evolved cognitive abilities into culturally important, school taught competencies. These are integrated with discussion of human intellectual history and cultural evolution, and the sources of children's motivation to learn inside and outside of the classroom. In all, this may well be the most revolutionary theory of children's schooling since Rousseau.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Charlotte
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
493 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59311-612-5 (9781593116125)
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Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology
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Content
Foreword.
Chapter 1. Educating the Evolved Mind: Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology; David C. Geary.
Chapter 2. Knowledge, Abilities, and Will; Phillip L. Ackerman.
Chapter 3. Instructing Evolved Minds: Pedagogically Primary Strategies for Promoting Biologically Secondary Learning; Daniel B. Berch.
Chapter 4. The Most Educable of Animals; David F. Bjorklund.
Chapter 5. Educating the Evolved and the Developing Mind: Commentary on Geary's Educating the Evolved Mind: Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology; Andreas Demetriou.
Chapter 6. What is the Meaning of Evolutionary Psychology for Education?; Earl Hunt.
Chapter 7. Evolution of Scientific Thinking: Comments on Geary's Educating the Evolved Mind; David Klahr.
Chapter 8. Evolutionary Biology and Educational Psychology; John Sweller.
Chapter 9. Educating the Evolved Mind: Reflections and Refinements; David C. Geary.
About the Authors.
Chapter 1. Educating the Evolved Mind: Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology; David C. Geary.
Chapter 2. Knowledge, Abilities, and Will; Phillip L. Ackerman.
Chapter 3. Instructing Evolved Minds: Pedagogically Primary Strategies for Promoting Biologically Secondary Learning; Daniel B. Berch.
Chapter 4. The Most Educable of Animals; David F. Bjorklund.
Chapter 5. Educating the Evolved and the Developing Mind: Commentary on Geary's Educating the Evolved Mind: Conceptual Foundations for an Evolutionary Educational Psychology; Andreas Demetriou.
Chapter 6. What is the Meaning of Evolutionary Psychology for Education?; Earl Hunt.
Chapter 7. Evolution of Scientific Thinking: Comments on Geary's Educating the Evolved Mind; David Klahr.
Chapter 8. Evolutionary Biology and Educational Psychology; John Sweller.
Chapter 9. Educating the Evolved Mind: Reflections and Refinements; David C. Geary.
About the Authors.