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Cognitive style theory suggests that individuals utilize different patterns in acquiring knowledge. This book describes various styles of processing information that are employed by children as they receive new information in various settings--especially in teaching/learning situations. Cognitive style is not an indication of one's level of intelligence, but a description of the unique strategies that learners employ in acquiring new information. This book describes individual differences that have been documented through scholarly investigations of cognitive styles, highlights philosophical and theoretical foundations of cognitive style concepts, and pinpoints implications for classroom practice.
Researched concepts are interwoven with current issues such as affirmative action and public policy to promote ideas that assist with a better understanding of at-risk learners and troubled youth in general. Currently, the theory of multiple intelligences is receiving widespread acceptance. This book suggests that MI theory is merely a reframing of cognitive style theory. The book also details how some children diagnosed as hyperactive are improperly labeled.
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Current discussion about cognitive styles and education has been influenced primarily by Howard Gardner (Multiple Intelligences, CH, Oct'93). Saracho reintroduces the notion of field/dependence independence (FDI) as an educational tool. Although FDI is supposed to represent a continuum, Saracho uses FD and FI as nonneutral opposing poles. For the author field independence is the preferred style for success in school. The author's limited use of references outside of the FDI research literature raises questions about how this model relates to contemporary changes in schools; most of the research cited is from the 1970s and '80s and, except for the author's, focuses on older children. Thus relevance to early childhood education is not evident. Adding to the confusion, Saracho makes statements about preschoolers' developmental progression from field dependence to field independence and the ability of FD and FI teachers to learn each other's techniques. When both matching and mismatching teachers' and children's cognitive styles have positive results for learning, the discriminatory power of the construct seems compromised. Though well meaning, this repetitious book is not recommended. Morgan's volume also falls short of the mark, despite its many fine aspects. The author provides historical and philosophical background for his discussion of cognitive style, but his reason for including some material is not always clear to this reviewer. Individual sections of the book are fascinating and informative--the chapter dealing with hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder is absorbing and the author briefly discusses multiple intelligences--but the book does not seem to have a coherent line of thought or a particular point of view. The author seems to be trying to pull together the various theories and relate research to them. Morgan's thesis appears to be that many children's problems would be alleviated if teachers would recognize various cognitive styles, and he expresses justifiable concern that the various writers seem unaware of each other's work. He cites research on matching teacher's styles to students, but he dilutes his argument with digressions. The concluding chapter does not pull together the others parts of the book as much as present a discussion about the ways in which language and constructs are used politically to confuse students. S. Sugarman Bennington College
目录
Acknowledgments |
Introduction |
Philosophical |
Foundations: Concepts of Self Among Black Scholars Theoretical Foundations |
Field Dependent and Field Independent |
Cognitive Style Cognitive Style of Reflectivity Impulsivity |
Cognitive Styles of Conceptualization |
The Myers-Briggs Inventory |
Cognitive Style of Leveling-Sharpening |
Conclusion |
Selected Bibliography |
Index |