Knowing and Reasoning in College: Gender-Related Patterns in Students' Intellectual Development

By Marcia B. Baxter Magolda

Book Overview

This book shows how ways of knowing change over the course of college and how gAnder influences ways of reasoning. It provides both student affairs professionals and teaching faculty with valuable insights into improving practice in such areas as student organizations, internships, campus employment, instructional approaches, evaluation methods, and more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555424678
• ISBN13: 9781555424671
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

developmental theory made clear

Baxter Magolda uses exerpts from her own longitudinal research to clearly introduce four "ways of knowing" that students generally progress through during the college years. The quotes (with further interpretation by the author) allow the reader to follow a handful of students and hear them relate, in their own words, the ways in which they make sense of the world. Baxter Magolda further examines gender-related ways of knowing within each cognitive stage. The book is well-organized and easy to follow. Much of the text is quotes from student interviews, so, in a sense, the reader is learning about cognitive theory from the students themselves. Easily accessible language and clear organization and interpretation make the book easy to follow. Wide margins leave room for your own notes!An important topic... a lens through which to better understand students' development and ultimately design better practice with students

Wow

This book is just great. It really is a revolutionary book in the field of student affairs. We so rarely think about where college students are in their development because we think they're adults. Baxter Magolda sheds light on how to work with people in this age group.