Using the medical model in education can pills make you clever?
Medicine, and particularly neuroscience, appears to offer the kind of educational quick fixes that politicians and the public would love to have. Following media reports of drugs that seemingly improve learning and memory, David Turner examines commonly held beliefs about learning, knowledge and int...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798028506719 |
| Summary: | Medicine, and particularly neuroscience, appears to offer the kind of educational quick fixes that politicians and the public would love to have. Following media reports of drugs that seemingly improve learning and memory, David Turner examines commonly held beliefs about learning, knowledge and intelligence, and critically assesses such claims. Using the Medical Model in Education then moves beyond the immediate, fashionable or any specific substance, to a deeper examination of what society does or should expect in terms of results, from the educational system. Many of the underlying problems |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-180) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282453104 9786612453106 9781441193841 |
