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Critical Thinking and Reasoning

Theory, Development, Instruction, and Assessment

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills states that critical thinking encompasses skills that students and professionals will need to succeed in their careers, school, and life. The demand for critical thinkers will increase in the future to meet the demands of world-wide problems. Educators need to show students how to eliminate errors, such as biases in their reasoning, and to be effective decision makers. To do this, teachers and leaders in schools and businesses need to provide an atmosphere conducive to developing critical thinking skills and dispositions.Meeting this challenge is the goal of the chapters collected in Critical Thinking and Reasoning. This book begins with experts laying out their best current understanding of the skills and attitudes critical thinking requires. Next, the relationship between critical thinking and the psychology of development and learning is explored to understand better how to develop critical thinkers from childhood to adulthood.But how can we best teach for critical thinking? How can we incorporate into the classroom the challenges presented in the workplace? This book provides several extensive examples of current practices from the elementary level through the secondary level to the university level of how to stimulate critical thinking skills and dispositions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-10-15
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt591 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill
Antal sidor327
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004444577

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Daniel Fasko, Jr., Ph.D. (1983), is Professor Emeritus of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Policy at Bowling Green State University. He teaches courses in Educational Psychology, and Life-Span Development, and has published articles, chapters, and books in critical thinking and creativity.Frank Fair, Ph. D. (1971), is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Sam Houston State University. He started one of the first Critical Thinking courses, and he, with several co-authors, has written books on improving thinking in business and educational contexts.

PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionDaniel Fasko, Jr. and Frank FairPART 1: Theories of Critical Thinking1 Seven Philosophical Conceptions of Critical Thinking: Themes, Variations, ImplicationsDavid Hitchcock2 Inquiry: Teaching for Reasoned JudgmentSharon Bailin and Mark Battersby3 Focusing the Relational Lens on Critical Thinking: How Can Relational Reasoning Support Critical and Analytic Thinking?Denis Dumas and Yixiao Dong4 Commentary: Theories of Critical Thinking from a Philosopher of EducationBarbara J. Thayer-BaconPART 2: Development and Learning5 The Semantic Retrieval Model and Divergent Thinking as Critical to Understanding Logical Reasoning in ChildrenHenry Markovits and Pier-Luc de Chantal6 Adolescent Reasoning and RationalityDavid Moshman7 Critical Thinking and Learning in Adults: A Case Study in Transformative Learning on White Supremacy and White Racial IdentityStephen Brookfield8 Commentary: Perspectives on Development and Learning with a Connection to Philosophy for ChildrenSteven TrickeyPART 3: Curriculum and Instruction9 Critical Thinking in the Elementary School: Practical Guidance for Building a Culture of ThinkingPaul Cleghorn10 The Good Thinker’s Tool Kit: How to Engage Critical Thinking and Reasoning in Secondary EducationAmber Strong Makaiau11 Equipping Students for Success in College and Beyond: Placing Critical Thinking Instruction at the Heart of a General Education ProgramAmanda L. Hiner12 Commentary: Critical Thinking – Effusively Touted, But so Rarely PursuedM. Neil BrownePART 4: Assessment13 Observations from a Long-term Effort to Assess and Improve Critical ThinkingAda Haynes and Barry Stein14 Assessing Critical Thinking: Challenges, Opportunities, and Empirical EvidenceHeather A. Butler15 What the Data Tell Us about Human ReasoningPeter A. Facione, Noreen C. Facione and Carol Ann Gittens16 Commentary: Thinking Critically about Critical-Thinking AssessmentDonald Hatcher and Kevin PossinEpilogueFrank Fair and Daniel Fasko, Jr.Index