{"product_id":"teaching-change-how-to-develop-independent-thinkers-using-relationships-resilience-and-reflection-9781421442617","title":"Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection","description":"\u003cp\u003eLearning something new--particularly something that might change your mind--is much more difficult than most teachers think. Because people think with their emotions and are influenced by their communities and social groups, humans tend to ignore new information unless it fits their existing worldview. Thus facts alone, even if discussed in detail, typically fail to open minds and create change. In a world in need of graduates who can adapt to new information and situations, we need to renew our educational commitment to producing flexible and independent thinkers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTeaching Change\u003c\/i\u003e, Jos  Antonio Bowen argues that education needs to be redesigned to take into account how human thinking, behaviors, bias, and change really work. Drawing on new research, Bowen explores how we can create better conditions for learning that focus less on teachers and content and more on students and process. He also examines student psychology, history, assumptions, anxiety, and bias and advocates for education to focus on a new 3\u003ci\u003eR\u003c\/i\u003es--relationships, resilience, and reflection. Finally, he suggests explicit learning designs to foster the ability to think for yourself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case for a liberal (by which Bowen means liberating) education has never been stronger, but, he says, it needs to be redesigned to achieve the goal of creating lifelong learners and citizens capable of divergent and independent thinking. With an expansive and powerful argument, \u003ci\u003eTeaching Change\u003c\/i\u003e combines elegant and gripping explanations of recent and wide-ranging research from biology, economics, education, and neuroscience with hundreds of practical suggestions for individual teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421442617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.41d","brand":"Jos\u0026#233; Antonio Bowen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40894122983605,"sku":"9781421442617","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ea7005ac-f7ab-4c9f-875e-8884078e58e6.jpg?v=1630414370","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/teaching-change-how-to-develop-independent-thinkers-using-relationships-resilience-and-reflection-9781421442617","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}