Teaching critical thinking skills / / Mal Leicester

• Autore: Leicester Mal
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2010]; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.152
• Soggetto topico: Critical thinking - Study and teaching
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - What is critical thinking?; Chapter 2 - Rational thought; Chapter 3 - Formal debate; Chapter 4 - Tools of critical reflection; Chapter 5 - What is philosophy?; Chapter 6 - Moral and ethical reflection; Chapter 7 - Critical teaching: bringing it all together; Appendix - Remembering Emerald Elf: an illustrative children's story; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Learning how to be critical and how to think for oneself are vital elements of becoming an independent learner. Critical thinking could be thought of as a tool box of skills which enables us to think more deeply, clearly and logically about our beliefs; providing a platform for making sound and valid decisions. Not only will this book help you to develop your students, but it will also further develop your own critical thinking. Each chapter contains an illustrative story to help apply the abstract ideas, such as rational thought and moral and ethical reflection, to concrete, everyday situatio
• Titolo autorizzato: Teaching critical thinking skills
• ISBN: 1-4411-6149-X; 1-282-87611-2; 9786612876110; 1-4411-7900-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459417803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ideas in action (Network Continuum Education)