Teaching Thinking
Issues and Approaches
Published on 1. April 1995
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-89455-378-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume provides educators with an overview of the critical thinking renaissance. After analyzing the types of thinking, the authors give the practitioner clear guidelines for infusing critical thinking into regular subject area instruction. This is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in a broad, perceptive vision of the contemporary critical thinking field.
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Content
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Promise and Possibilities. Thinking and Its Improvement. Kinds of Thinking. Infusing Teaching Thinking into Regular Subject-area Instruction. Choosing and Using Separate Instructional Programs Designed to Teach Thinking. Constructing a Program for Teaching Thinking in Classroom or School: Choices About Thinking Goals. How Teachers Relate to Teaching Thinking: Lesson Design and Instructional Strategies. Support Systems for Teachers and Schools to Teach Thinking Effectively. Approaches to Evaluation. Types of Tests.