Developing Critical Thinking

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking
Fernando Naiditch, Montclair State University, USA
Chapter 1: Understanding Critical Thinking - What is it? Can we teach it? How do we learn it?
Fernando Naiditch,Montclair State University, USA
Chapter 2: Philosophy for Children and Critical Thinking: Creating a Space for Children to Think in a Kindergarten Classroom
Olivier Michaud,Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec, Canada
Chapter 3: Critical Thinking in Action: A Collaborative Early Childhood Approach to Curriculum Design
Elizabeth Quintero,California State University, Channel Islands, USA
Chapter 4: Promoting Respect through Collaboration: A School Responds to Bullying by Engaging the Community
Jean Ann Slusarczyk & Lucy Villaluz,Franklin Elementary School, Bloomfield, NJ, USA
Chapter 5: Co-construction as a Critical Approach to Mathematics Education
Mark Russo,Pascack Valley Regional High School District, NJ, USA
Chapter 6: Critical Pedagogy and the Teaching of Reading for Social Action
Fernando Naiditch,Montclair State University, USA
Chapter 7:Think Critically and Act Collaboratively: A Critical Framework for Teaching Students with Special Needs
Mark Alter and Joan Rosenberg,New York University, USA
Chapter 8: Creativity and Motivation in the Teaching and Learning Process
Bettina Steren dos Santos, Carla Spagnolo, and Caroline Buker, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Chapter 9: Critical Second Language Pedagogy: Lessons Learned from Teaching Students in Poverty
Fernando Naiditch,Montclair State University, USA
Afterword: Encouraging Teachers' Growth and Development using Practitioner Research
Kathryn Herr,Montclair State University, USA
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