Colin Seale

Thinking Like a Lawyer (eBook, ePUB)

A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Critical thinking is the essential tool for ensuring that students fulfill their promise. But, in reality, critical thinking is still a luxury good, and students with the greatest potential are too often challenged the least. This best-selling book:

• Introduces a powerful but practical framework to close the critical thinking gap
• Gives teachers the tools and knowledge to teach critical thinking to all students
• Empowers students to tackle 21st-century problems
• Teaches students how to compete in a rapidly changing global marketplace

Colin Seale, a teacher-turned- attorney-turned-education-innovator and founder of thinkLaw, uses his unique experience to introduce a wide variety of concrete instructional strategies and examples that teachers can use in all grade levels. Individual chapters address underachievement, the value of nuance, evidence-based reasoning, social-emotional learning, equitable education, and leveraging families to close the critical thinking gap. In addition to offering examples for Math, Science, ELA, and Social Studies, this timely, updated second edition adds a variety of new examples and applications for Physical Education, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, and Career and Technical Education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040258026
• Artikelnr.: 72592901

Autorenporträt

Colin Seale is an educator, attorney, and critical thinking expert. He founded thinkLaw, an award-winning organization, to help educators leverage inquiry-based instructional strategies that can close the critical thinking gap and ensure they teach and reach all students. Follow Colin on X (formerly Twitter) at @ColinESeale.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Closing the Critical Thinking Gap 1. The Autobiography
of a Recovering Underachiever 2. Defining Critical Thinking 3. The Critical
Thinking Gap Part II: Thinking Like a Lawyer 4. A Critical Thinking
Revolution 5. Introduction to thinkLaw 6. Analysis From Multiple
Perspectives 7. The Power of Analysis from Multiple Perspectives 8. Mistake
Analysis 9. Investigation and Discovery 10. Settlement and Negotiation 11.
Competition Part III: Practical Considerations for a Critical Thinking
Revolution 12. Making thinkLaw Work 13. Avoiding Engagement for
Engagement's Sake 14. Critical Thinking: Classroom Management's Secret
Weapon 15. Beyond Test Prep: Hacking the "Big Test" 16. Leveraging Families
to Unleash Critical Thinking Potential Conclusion: Future-Proofing Students
with Critical Thinking