Mark Bracher

Literature, Social Wisdom, and Global Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Developing Systems Thinking through Literary Study

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In explaining the nature and importance of these thinking skills and the ability of literary study to develop them, this book will be of value to literature teachers and students from introductory to advanced levels, and to anyone looking to develop better problem-solving and decision-making skills.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000580334
• Artikelnr.: 63794350

Autorenporträt

Mark Bracher is Professor of English and Director of the Neurocognitive Research Program for the Advancement of the Humanities (NRPAH) at Kent State University, USA. He has published widely on literary study as a means of promoting personal well-being and social justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Systems Thinking as the Core of Social Wisdom
Chapter Two: How to Educate for Wisdom: Developing Mental Models of
Causality
Chapter Three: Developing Mental Models of Causality by Reading Literature
Chapter Four: Principles of a Wisdom-Cultivating Literary Pedagogy
Chapter Five: Faulty Causal Analysis and Its Harmful Consequences
Chapter Six: Causal Analysis I: Proximal, Distal, and Root Causes of
Problems
Chapter Seven: Causal Analysis II: System Openness and Dynamism
Chapter Eight: Causal Analysis III: Causal Loops
Chapter Nine: Faulty Prospection and its Harmful Consequences
Chapter Ten: Developing Adequate Prospection
Chapter Eleven: Social Cognition I: Situational Causes of Behavior and Life
Outcomes
Chapter Twelve: Social Cognition II: Environmental Causes of Character
Chapter Thirteen: Social Cognition III: Human Nature as a Root Cause of
Character
Chapter Fourteen: Metacognition: Developing an Accurate Mental Model of
Oneself

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Introduction

Chapter One: Systems Thinking as the Core of Social Wisdom

Chapter Two: How to Educate for Wisdom: Developing Mental Models of Causality

Chapter Three: Developing Mental Models of Causality by Reading Literature

Chapter Four: Principles of a Wisdom-Cultivating Literary Pedagogy

Chapter Five: Faulty Causal Analysis and Its Harmful Consequences

Chapter Six: Causal Analysis I: Proximal, Distal, and Root Causes of Problems

Chapter Seven: Causal Analysis II: System Openness and Dynamism

Chapter Eight: Causal Analysis III: Causal Loops

Chapter Nine: Faulty Prospection and its Harmful Consequences

Chapter Ten: Developing Adequate Prospection

Chapter Eleven: Social Cognition I: Situational Causes of Behavior and Life Outcomes

Chapter Twelve: Social Cognition II: Environmental Causes of Character

Chapter Thirteen: Social Cognition III: Human Nature as a Root Cause of Character

Chapter Fourteen: Metacognition: Developing an Accurate Mental Model of Oneself