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This textbook is a practical and theoretical teacher guide on how to develop critical thinking and source criticism in contemporary elementary and secondary education, which requires students to develop their critical thinking from different perspectives as well as to develop their ability to critically evaluate sources they use for school-related work. What can a teacher do to support such development? The authors discuss several different perspectives on how one, as a teacher, can think about and work with source criticism together with the students. In the first part of the book a theoretical background and a principled discussion of critical thinking are discussed. This includes psychological and philosophical perspectives on source criticism. In the second part there are concrete teaching examples and tips on how to work with source criticism in both primary and secondary school.
List of contents
Introduction.- What is critical thinking?.- What is it that is analyzed critically?.- Psychological perspectives.- Philosophical perspectives.- Further reading - literature on critical thinking.
About the author
Anna Rosenqvist is a certified teacher, educated in Montessori pedagogy, and has a Master's degree in educational leadership. She created a school subject that put source criticism on the schedule, and the result of that work is included in this book. After living in Shanghai for three years and working as lecturer at Shanghai International Studies University, she has now moved back to Sweden where she works as a Script Writer and Learning Expert at the private industry.
Stefan Ekecrantz is an Associate professor in Pedagogy and Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research focuses on students' critical thinking. He has a Ph.D. in History and has taught source criticism at all levels in higher education.
