Learning to Think: Disciplinary Perspectives

Donald (education and counseling psychology, McGill U., Canada) examines how knowledge is structured and how professors and students perceive learning in their fields, providing strategies for constructing and using knowledge that should help postsecondary institutions promote students' intellectual development within and across disciplines. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Donald (education and counseling psychology, McGill U., Canada) examines how knowledge is structured and how professors and students perceive learning in their fields, providing strategies for constructing and using knowledge that should help postsecondary institutions promote students' intellectual development within and across disciplines. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Janet Donald is professor in the Centre for University Teaching and Learning at the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology at McGill University. Her research has focused on the quality of postsecondary learning and teaching, particularly on fostering higher-order learning. She has received numerous awards for her work and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001.