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OverviewDavid Turner examines commonly held beliefs about learning, knowledge and intelligence, and critically assesses claims that certain drugs can improve learning and memory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David A. TurnerPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Edition: NIPPOD Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.275kg ISBN: 9781441104274ISBN 10: 1441104275 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 05 January 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews'In his book, Turner offers many innovative and provocative ideas... This is a book that should be read by all educationalist and empowering pedagogues working towards global pedagogies paradigm.'Educational Practice and Theory 'A timely intervention in the drug-based medical model of education designed to enhance cognition and the efficiency of learning. Turner teaches us to be suspicious of claims based on alleged medical parallels with education and examines the underlying assumptions behind the view that cognition, learning and intelligence can be enhanced through drug therapy. In the increasingly medicalised world of education this book should be read by educators and policy-makers.' Michael A. Peters, Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, USA 'Turner makes an eloquent case for the distinctiveness of education as an enterprise that has its own norms and values, and cannot be reduced to fashionable talk of brain learning, neurochemistry and cleverness pills '. Richard Smith, Editor, Ethics and Education and Associate Editor, Journal of Philosophy of Education Author InformationDavid A. Turner is Professor of Education at the University of Glamorgan, UK. Before he entered academia, he was a physics teacher in secondary schools in England. He won the World Education Fellowship Prize in 2006 for his book, Theory of Education. He is currently Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University until July 2010. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |