Teaching Critical Thinking Skills
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills by Mal Leicester, published by Bloomsbury Academic on January 30, 2010, is a resource designed to enhance both educators’ and students’ critical thinking abilities. With 119 pages, this book emphasizes the importance of independent learning and presents critical thinking as a set of skills that enable deeper, clearer, and more logical thought processes. It aims to provide a foundation for making sound decisions while also fostering personal development in critical thinking for educators.
Readers will find that each chapter includes illustrative stories to connect abstract concepts, such as rational thought and ethical reflection, to real-life situations. Additionally, the book features a complete children’s story at its conclusion, aimed at introducing philosophical ideas to younger audiences. Covering topics in education, teaching methods, and educational psychology, this edition serves as a practical guide for those looking to integrate critical thinking into their teaching practices and everyday life.
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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 situations. There is also a complete children’s story at the end of the book to help you introduce philosophy to children. This book explains the essential elements of critical thinking and why it is integral to the lifelong process of becoming educated. >
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