In this highly accessible book, Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts.
In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Jonathan Haber explains how the concept of critical thinking emerged, how it has been defined, and how critical thinking skills can be taught and assessed.
A much-needed guide to thinking critically for oneself and how to tell a good argument from a bad one. Includes topical examples from politics, sport, medicine, music, chapter summaries, glossary and exercises.
Psycholinguislics and the Teaching of Reading (Delaware: International Reading, 1968); John P. De Cecco (ed.), The Psychology of Language, Thought and Instruction (San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1968). 1.
Throughout these essays, she celebrates the transformative power of critical thinking. This is provocative, powerful, and joyful intellectual work. It is a must read for anyone who is at all interested in education today.
This edition has been streamlined with thoughtful consideration over what content to keep, what to cut, and how much new and current research to add.
Critical Thinking, 2nd Edition is about becoming a better thinker in every aspect of your lifeāas a professional, as a consumer, citizen, friend, or parent.
This workbook can be purchased in a student package with Thought & Knowledge or as a separate item.
This book defines and teaches critical thinking in a way students can understand and apply ..."--Page iii.
This text meets the requirements of the OCR AS specification for critical thinking. Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts.
While most literature on critical thinking focuses on its formal applications within philosophy, this book offers a broad conception of critical thinking and explores its practical relevance to conducting research across a wide variety of ...