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HIGHER EDUCATION, INTERPRETATION, AND THE MODULAR MIND
Author(s) -
Beers Susan E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
educational theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1741-5446
pISSN - 0013-2004
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5446.1992.00051.x
Subject(s) - scholarship , interpretation (philosophy) , library science , citation , history of psychology , psychology , sociology , psychoanalysis , computer science , philosophy , political science , linguistics , law
To date, Howard Gardner's theory has been the modular approach most thoroughly examined for its educational implications, particularly with respect to the early school years. The purpose of the present essay is to explore some implications of the modular approach for higher education. Michael Gazzaniga's theory will figure prominently in the present analysis. Gazzaniga's theory is particularly applicable to a redescription of the processes of higher education because of the central role it gives to the act of interpretation. 2