ABSTRACT
In this book, Jennifer Moon explores and clarifies critical thinking and provides practical guidance for improving student learning and supporting the teaching process.
Key themes covered include:
- different views of and approaches to critical thinking with an emphasis on a practical basis that can be translated into use in the classroom.
- links between learning, thinking and writing
- the place of critical thinking alongside other academic activities such as reflective learning and argument
- critical thinking and assessment, class environments, staff knowledge and development, writing tasks and oral tasks.
Teachers in all disciplines in post-compulsory education will find this approach to defining and improving students’ critical thinking skills invaluable.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |15 pages
Introduction
part 2|48 pages
Mapping the territory of critical thinking
chapter 3|22 pages
Approaches to critical thinking in the literature
chapter 4|8 pages
Some of the broader issues of critical thinking
Standards, objectivity and the cultural basis
part 3|26 pages
The person as a critical thinker
chapter 5|10 pages
The role of emotion, language and curiosity in critical thinking
part 4|8 pages
Taking stock
part 5|24 pages
Epistemological development and depth in critical thinking
chapter 8|12 pages
Critical thinking and learners' conceptions of knowledge
chapter 9|10 pages
Depth in critical thinking
part 6|52 pages
Critical thinking and pedagogy
chapter 11|24 pages
The pedagogy of critical thinking
chapter 12|13 pages
The pedagogy of academic assertiveness
part 7|50 pages
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