Linda Elder, Richard Paul

Critical Thinking (eBook, PDF)

Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, this introductory text presents critical thinking as a process for taking charge of and responsibility for one's thinking. Based in theory developed over the last 30 years, Richard Paul and Linda Elder's text focuses on an integrated, comprehensive concept of critical thinking that is both substantive and practical. It fosters the development of basic intellectual skills students need to think through content in any class, subject, or discipline, as well as through any problem or issue they face. Simply stated, this text offers students the intellectual tools students need for lifelong learning, and rational, conscientious living. Now available from Rowman & Littlefield, the third edition features streamlined chapters, Think for Yourself activities, and a complete glossary of critical thinking terms. The Foundation for Critical Thinking continually offers new supplementary resources on its website (www.CriticalThinking.org) and online critical thinking community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765194157
• Artikelnr.: 74836018

Autorenporträt

Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist who has taught both psychology and critical thinking at the college level. She has been President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking for almost 25 years. She has a special interest in the relation of thought and emotion, as well as the cognitive and affective. She has developed an original theory of the stages of critical thinking development. Elder has coauthored four books on critical thinking, as well as all 23 titles found in the Thinker's Guide Library.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Become a Fairminded Thinker
Chapter 2: The First Four Stages of Development: At What Level of Thinking
Would You Place Yourself?
Chapter 3: Self-Understanding
Chapter 4: The Parts of Thinking
Chapter 5: Standards for Thinking
Chapter 6: Ask Questions That Lead to Good Thinking
Chapter 7: Master the Thinking, Master the Content
Chapter 8: Discover How the Best Thinkers Learn
Chapter 9: Redefine Grades as Levels of Thinking and Learning
Chapter 10: Make Decisions and Solve Problems
Chapter 11: Deal with Your Irrational Mind
Chapter 12: How to Detect Media Bias and Propaganda in National and World
News
Chapter 13: Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery and Manipulation
Chapter 14: Develop as an Ethical Reasoner
Chapter 16: Strategic Thinking
Chapter 17: Becoming an Advanced Thinker: Our Conclusion
Appendix A: a brief history of the idea of critical thinking
Appendix B: sample analysis of the logic of . . .
Glossary