How We Think

"How We Think" by John Dewey is a book about education from the early 1900s that looks at why it's important to teach people how to think carefully and gives ways to train thinking skills in schools. It says that science and education are connected, claiming that teaching kids to think like scientists will make them happier and help society. The book starts by talking about how teachers have too many things to teach, which distracts them, and then explains that using science as a guideline can help bring focus to education. It also focuses on children's curiosity and ability to think scientifically, and that education should make use of these things. The beginning chapters describe different kinds of thinking, preparing for a deeper look into training thought later in the book.