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The ability to think is arguably the most important skill that is part of being a good student, a good parent, a good professional, etc. But that ability seems to be becoming rarer and rarer. Thinkers and Thinking strives to stimulate more virtuosity in thinking to spur people on to "bigger and better things" so they can lead happy and fulfilled lives, in both their business life and personal relationships. Thinkers and Thinking directly addresses learners. After a short introduction, in which some topics in philosophy are introduced, twenty-three chapters discuss a great thinker, covering his life, time, location, impressions of education, ideas, and work. Great thinkers from around the world and throughout history are represented, beginning with Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BC to the present day. Each chapter finishes with some fun and educational exercises that allow the reader to improve a thinking skill related to what has just been read. The book is primarily geared to younger learners, from about fifth grade on, but the information contained is suitable for adults as well. In fact, many of the exercises provide an opportunity for children and their teachers or parents to interact and discover new thoughts together. Thinking and Thinkers also includes provoking portraits of some of the thinkers by Melissa Howlett.
About the Author: Dr. Frank Spencer is a Clinical and School Psychologist with over 30 years experience in asking children to answer questions and solve problems involving thinking. He has taught college students, while a graduate student himself, experiencing thinking simultaneously from both of these vantage points. He has conducted a few thousand IQ tests and explained the cognitive skills of students of all ages, from preschool to graduate school, to the students themselves and to their parents. He has often been asked, and has been caused to reflect on the question: "What were you thinking?" Dr. Spencer studied Psychology at the University of Connecticut and the University of Miami (Florida), receiving his PhD in 1979. His diverse background includes private practice in Psychology, and work as a School Psychologist.. He has published many articles on topics as varied as the process of changing thinking in counseling for both adolescents and older adults, working with child refugees, cognitive characteristics of delinquents, interactions with children with cognitive disabilities, a dimensional approach to attention problems in children, and how counseling can affect the thinking process.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781453629857
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 134
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: How They Did It, How You Can, Too A Guide to Stimulate Thinking for All Learners
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1453629858
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 240 gr

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