In sum, then, "thinking about thinking" has to be a principal ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

Jerome Bruner
In sum, then,
In sum, then,
In sum, then,
In sum, then,
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This quote, which is attributed to philosopher and social theorist James Baldwin, should remind us that school curriculum needs to include more than information about the physical world around us. It should also include information about how we think about the physical world around us.

Source: The Culture Of Education

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