Critical Thinking Now - Practical Teaching Methods for Classrooms Around the World

Teaching critical thinking requires sustained, finely tuned teaching and assessment methods. This book lays out a blueprint to do just that. Specifically, it outlines the necessary components of a critical thinking classroom and provides assessment techniques and ample exercises adaptable to any student's field, age, or level of education.

Sommario

Foreword: Michelle Foshee, University of Washington
Preface: Why I Wrote This Book
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: How Culture Colors Cognition
Chapter 2: What is Critical Thinking?
Chapter 3: The Critical Thinking Classroom    
Chapter 4: Assessing Critical Thinking
Chapter 5: Teaching Critical Thinking in Other Cultures
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1: Curriculum for Teaching Persuasive Essays to Elementary School Children
Appendix 2: Bloom's Taxonomy Action Verbs
Appendix 3: To the Moon!
Appendix 4: Annotated Resources
References
About the Author
Index
 

Info autore

Nancy Burkhalter, PhD, is the author of many scholarly articles about the cognitive processes of writing and teaching critical thinking. Trained as a linguist, educator, and writer, she teaches academic writing to international students at Seattle University.

Riassunto

Teaching critical thinking requires sustained, finely tuned teaching and assessment methods. This book lays out a blueprint to do just that. Specifically, it outlines the necessary components of a critical thinking classroom and provides assessment techniques and ample exercises adaptable to any student's field, age, or level of education.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nancy Burkhalter, Burkhalter Nancy
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781475827514
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-2751-4
• Pagine: 122
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching staff, Teaching skills & techniques, Curriculum planning & development, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy, Curriculum planning and development, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies