Thinking Ahead - Engaging All Teachers in Critical Thinking

This book addresses a very important aspect of teacher training, as well as the training of educational administrators, school counselors and other educational allied professionals, an aspect that is too often overlooked. That aspect is role modeling a deliberative mind. A deliberative mind is one filled with wonderment and eagerness to learn. We introduce educational professionals to systematic pondering and large-scale wonderment.

List of contents

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What is a Good Education?
2. Current Realities
3. Values and Critical Thinking
4. Education at the Crossroads
5. Critico-Creative Thinking: Tools and Strategies
6. Pre-Service Teacher Preparation Scripts
Appendix A: Resources for further information
Appendix B: Action Research
Appendix C: A Note to Professors on Building Their Own Scripts
References
Index
About the Authors

About the author

Paul A. Wagner, Ph.D., is the author of over 130 publications including nine books. He is chair of the Department of Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Houston. Daphne Johnson teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Education at Sam Houston State University. She brought Project Based Learning to the Education courses at Sam Houston State, increasing critical thinking amongst the teacher candidates. Dr.Frank Fair, Ph.D., has a number of publications in a variety of academic journals, and has co-authored a number of books, including one on innovation in quality management and one on team creativity in business. Two other recent publications that are especially

Summary

This book brings dialogic and critical thinking into practice.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Fair, Fair Frank, Daniel Fasko, Fasko Daniel, Daniel Fasko Jr., Daphne Johnson, Johnson Daphne, Paul A Wagner, Paul A. Wagner, Paul A. Johnson Wagner, Wagner Paul A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781475841015
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-4101-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Administration / Facility Management, teacher training, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / General