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Meehan, Eugene J. – Gifted International, 1987
The article presents a generalized program for improving critical judgment and facilitating intellectual progress in gifted students. It examines the development of a critical base of knowledge, generalizing past experience into a theoretical base, and applying a theory of knowledge in education. Examples from adult and elementary programs are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology

Plucker, Jonathan A. – Roeper Review, 2001
This introductory article examines how intelligence theory influences the way we identify and assess students, our attitudes toward giftedness and gifted students, the models upon which we base our programs and interventions, and many other aspects of gifted education. Past, present, and emerging intelligence theories are discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Aber, John – 1989
The complex theory of knowledge and cognitive interests by the sociologist Jurgen Habermas, the dominant critical theorist in present day Germany, is applicable to current composition pedagogy. According to Habermas, all knowledge is shaped and used in three ways: in technical ways for instrumental reasons; in practical ways for socio-cultural…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intellectual Development, Social Influences, Student Attitudes

Berberet, Jerry; Wong, Frank F. – Liberal Education, 1995
Discussion at the Wingspread Conference on the New American College (August 1994) concerning a new model of educational excellence in higher education is summarized. The model emphasizes the need to connect general education with specialized education, theoretical learning with practical learning, and development of intellectual skills with…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Role, Conferences
Gursky, Daniel – Teacher Magazine, 1991
Psychologist Howard Gardner argues that schools fail because they do not confront often flawed childhood theories about the world that students bring to the classroom. He claims teachers must acknowledge, challenge, and build on such assumptions so students can internalize lessons taught in school and apply them outside the classroom. (SM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Childhood Attitudes, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education
Walsh, Anne – 2001
This paper describes the journey of a former female electrician turned technical and further education teacher turned professional development officer who is now completing her PhD. It also describes the challenges she overcame to make the transition from tradesperson to researcher. It is a personal account of discovery. It describes the most…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Development, Developed Nations