Author Description

List of figures and tables -- About the editors and contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chau Meng Huat and Trevor Kerry -- Section 1: Perspectives on Education -- Chapter 1 Multiple lenses on the mind -- Howard Gardner, Harvard University, USA -- Chapter 2 Reforming the connections: the personal, social and cognitive in learning and young people's lives -- Colleen McLaughlin, Cambridge University, UK -- Chapter 3 Self-esteem, self-confidence and individualised education -- Kristján Kristjánsson, University of Akureyri and School of Education, University of Iceland -- Chapter 4 The thinking heart: educating for wisdom and compassion -- John P. Miller, University of Toronto, Canada -- Section 2: Supporting the Learning Process -- Chapter 5 The art and science of effective teaching -- Trevor Kerry, Lincoln University, UK -- Chapter 6 Making thinking audible and visible via cooperative learning -- George Jacobs, JF New Paradigm Education, Singapore with Wang Aili, Li Xishuang & Xie Yongye, Ministry of Education, China -- Chapter 7 Educating values through mathematics teaching: possibilities and challenges -- Alan J. Bishop & Wee Tiong Seah, Monash University, Australia -- Section 3: Teachers and Professional Development -- Chapter 8 Valuing knowledge of practice: articulating a pedagogy of teacher education -- John Loughran, Monash University, Australia -- Chapter 9 Practising an ethic of caring in teaching: challenges and possibilities -- Michalinos Zembylas, Open University of Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus -- Chapter 10 Too busy teaching to find time for learning? -- John E. C. MacBeath, Cambridge University, UK -- Glossary -- Author index -- Subject index.