...epoch making book "How We Think," * "Psychology of Childhood," p. 178. says: "Reflective thought is active, persistent, and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge that supports it and the further conclusions to which it tends. In reflective thinking we are able...

...share of responsibility in this type of thinking. The fourth and highest type of thinking consists in "active, persistent, and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge 1 Dewey, How we Think, p. 39. in the light of the grounds that support it, and the further conclusion...

...Genuine reflection is limited to the sphere of tested beliefs. It is thus defined by Professor Dewey : "Active, persistent, and careful consideration of...conclusions to which it tends, constitutes reflective thought."1 It is, of course, not to be thought that imagination and reflection are mutually exclusive,...

...truths) in such a way as to induce belief in the latter upon the ground or warrant of the former. . . . Active, persistent, and careful consideration of any...to which it tends constitutes reflective thought. . . . Alertness, flexibility, curiosity, are the essentials ; dogmatism, rigidity, prejudice, caprice,...

...was flat until Columbus thought (ie, reasoned) that it was round. Reflective thought, therefore, is "active, persistent, and careful consideration of...it and the further conclusions to which it tends." The sentences which summarize a discussion may be put in the form of an abstract. The "abstract," as...

...Reflective thinking. No mention has as yet been made of "reflective thinking," which Dewey defines as "active, persistent, and careful consideration of...light of the grounds that support it, and the further consequences to which it tends." 10 Reflective thinking attempts to be critical, orderly, circumspect,...

...clear in the following statements by Dewey by way of definition of reflective thought and thinking: "Active, persistent, and careful consideration of...to which it tends, constitutes reflective thought. . . . it is a conscious and voluntary effort to establish belief upon a firm basis of reasons." "Thinking,...

...without reference to their real grounds. 4. The fourth use of thought, called reflective thought, is "active, persistent, and careful consideration of...light of the grounds that support it, and the further conclusion to which it tends. ... It is conscious and voluntary effort to establish belief upon a firm...

...comprehensive methods text. Adopting John Dewey's definition of reflection as "the active, persistent, careful consideration of any belief or supposed form...it and the further conclusions to which it tends," they attempt to show how all teaching in the social studies should be directly aimed at arousing such...

...Überprüfungen für wahr gehalten werden kann. Dieses Denken nennt Dewey "reflektierendes Denken": Active, persistent, and careful consideration of any...belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light ofthe grounds that support it, and the further conclusions to which it tends, constitutes reflective...