Beyond Rote-Memorisation: Confucius’ Concept of Thinking

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 428-439

  Tan, Charlene ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Confucius; education; rote memorisation; thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926245743     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2013.879693     Document Type: Article

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