Teaching thinking on a national scale: Israel's pedagogical horizons

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Zohar, Anat ^a,b  

^a Israeli Ministry of Education   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assessment of thinking; National thinking curriculum; Professional development for teaching thinking; Teaching thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049179805     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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