Teaching for wisdom: what matters is not just what students know, but how they use it

This article describes a balance theory of wisdom and applies the theory to the context of schooling. First the article discusses why cognitive skills as assessed by conventional tests are an important, but not a sufficient, basis for education. Second the article discusses the concept of wisdom an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert J. Sternberg, Alina Reznitskaya, Linda Jarvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2007-06-01
Series:London Review of Education
Online Access:https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.1080/14748460701440830