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Annotated Bibliography Assignment and Sample

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This annotated bibliography assignment discusses the importance of non-instrumental forms of intelligence in education. The author argues that while measurable skills are important, they lose value when separated from an education in the heart, the spirit, and the abstract qualities that make students fully human and excellent participants in a healthy society. The article by Jack Mezirow is discussed in detail, where he makes a distinction between instrumental and communicative learning, and argues for transformative learning.

Annotated Bibliography Assignment and Sample

   Added on 2019-10-18

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Annotated Bibliography Assignment and Sample:Student NameCourseProfessor McCarthyDate:Sample Student Introduction with Thesis (in bold) It never ceases to amaze me that we pay so little attention to the greatest bulk of our intelligence—that is, the quality of thinking that helps us adapt, deal with stress, love, and live lives of fulfillment. Aristotle argued that educating the mind and not the heart is no education atall. For decades, educators have focused on cognitive skills because they are testable and, therefore, metrics can be applied to them. This kind of education, testing, and then metrically interpreting results has governed American education for decades. And the results have been losses of creativity, imagination, courtesy, civic interest, and the ability to invent businesses that serve people and advance us as a society. Although measurable skills are important, they are not exclusively important, and in fact lose value when separated from an education in the heart, the spirit, and the abstract qualities that make students fully human and excellent participants in a healthy society.Annotation of a Single Source (5 academic scholarly sources are required for the paper):Author’s name and Publication detail: Jack Mezirow (2012). Transformative Learning as discourse. International journal of business & public administration. 9(2), 109-124.The Annotation Details: In this article, Mezirow makes a distinction between "instrumental" and "communicative" learning. "Instrumental learning" refers to those processes which measure and gage learning,
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