Mind as Cultural Achievement
Abstract
The title ‘Mind as Cultural Achievement’ reflects the belief that what people become is largely a function of what they have an opportunity to experience. In this sense our minds are products of the kinds of tools that are made available to us during the course of maturation. This view of mind as something that is made rather than given is an optimistic one. It implies that those of us who work in the field of education have a special opportunity to influence the ways in which the young can come to regard the world, to influence the kind of sense they make of it, to affect the kinds of categories, attitudes and meaning that they secure from their experience.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Art Education and Development
Education Methods and Practices
Neuroscience
Education and Cognitive Function
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Art of Educational Evaluation
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 163–177
- Publication date
- 21 July 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter