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A Tentative Description of Post-Formal Thinking: The Critical Confrontation with Cognitive Theory

1993/09/01 by Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Education and Critical Thinking Development #Ego Development and Educational Practices #Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

paper · doi:10.17763/haer.63.3.h423221226v18648

openalex publication_date 1993/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

In this article, Joe Kincheloe and Shirley Steinberg critique and challenge the reductionist conceptions of intelligence that underlie cognitive developmental theory. The authors formulate a post-Piagetian cognitive theory that is informed by and extends critical, feminist, and postmodern thought. By delineating the features of what they refer to as a "post-formal" way of thinking, the authors provide practitioners with a framework for reconsidering both curricular and pedagogical practices.

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