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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461011103321

Autore

DiYanni Robert

Titolo

Critical and creative thinking : a brief guide for teachers / / Robert DiYanni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-95540-4

1-118-95539-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

153.12

Soggetti

Critical thinking

Creative thinking

Teachers - Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Critical and Creative Thinking; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Website; Part One Introducing Critical and Creative Thinking; 1 Essential Critical Thinking Concepts; What Is Critical Thinking?; Guiding questions for critical thinking; Habits of Mind; Applying past knowledge to new situations; Remaining open to continued learning; Posing questions and identifying problems; Taking intellectual risks; Developing and sustaining intellectual curiosity; Thinking independently and interdependently; Why Intellectual Habits and Character Matter; Overcoming Obstacles to Thinking

Perceptual blocks to thinkingCultural blocks to thinking; Intellectual blocks to thinking; Emotional blocks to thinking; Polarizing blocks to thinking; A Model for Critical Thinking; How You Know What You Know; Perception and Knowledge; Perceptual illusions; Figure ground and perception; Perception and expectation; Perception and culture; Being Wrong; Why Errors Persist; Applications; References; Interchapter 1 Facts and Knowledge; Applications; References; 2 Essential Creative Thinking Concepts; What Is Creative Thinking?; Seeking Alternatives



and Possibilities

Establishing a quota of alternativesReversing Relationships; Cross-fertilizing; Shifting Attention; Denying the Negative; Scamper; The Creative Habit; Creative Confidence; Creative Theft; Creative Crime; Creative Questions; Questioning routines; Applications; References; Interchapter 2 Sustaining Curiosity; Applications; References; Part Two Practicing Critical and Creative Thinking; 3 Becoming a Critical and Creative Thinker; Becoming a Critical Thinker; Intellectual Standards as Guidelines for Critical Thinking; Language and Thought; Reports, Inferences, and Judgments

Reports, inferences, judgments, and the Kitty Genovese storyThe Prevalence and Power of Metaphor; Metaphor and ideas; Metaphors of reading; Metaphors of teaching; Innovating through Analogy; Becoming a Creative Thinker; Applying creative thinking tools and techniques; Developing the Creative Habit; Focus; General area focus and purpose focus; Solo and Group Creativity; Concepts as Cognitive Tools; Three cognitive tools; Applications; References; Interchapter 3 Embodying Experience; Applications; References; 4 Critical Thinking Strategies and Applications; The Nature of Argument

Claims, Evidence, and AssumptionsArgument and implication; Evidence: Claims and Warrants; Inductive and Deductive Reasoning; Sherlock Holmes as a Logical Thinker; Syllogisms, Enthymemes, and Argument; Enthymemes; Argument and Authority; Argument and Analogy; Commentary; Argument and Causality; Causality, Coincidence, and Correlation; Further Causal Consequences; Applications; References; Interchapter 4 Blending Art and Science; Applications; References; 5 Creative Thinking Strategies and Applications; Imagination First; Why imagination?; Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation

The Limits of Imagination