Critical Thinking and Learning
Published on 18. February 2009
144 pages
978-1-4443-0678-1 (ISBN)
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By introducing current debates in the field of critical thinkingand posing new questions from contributing scholars, CriticalThinking and Learning examines the received wisdom in the fieldof critical thinking and learning.
* Examines the different perspectives in the field of criticalthinking and learning
* Provides insights into critical thinking by posing newquestions from contributing authors
* Introduces cross-cultural viewpoints into the dominant'western'-based educational viewpoint
* Highlights differences among a variety of thinkers in thefield
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Mark Mason is Associate Professor in Philosophy andEducational Studies in the Faculty of Education at the Universityof Hong Kong, where he is also Director of the ComparativeEducation Research Centre (CERC). He is the co-author of a varietyof articles and books in the field, most recently ChangingEducation: Leadership, Innovation and Development in a GlobalizingAsia Pacific.
Content
Foreword (Michael A. Peters, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign).
1. Critical Thinking and Learning (Mark Mason, University ofHong Kong).
2. Kinds of Thinking, Styles of Reasoning (Michael A. Peters,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).
3. Culture, Cognitive Pluralism and Rationality (Colin Evers,University of Hong Kong).
4. Is there a Geography of Thought for East-West Differences?Why or Why Not? (Ho Mun Chan, City University of Hong Kong andHektor K. T. Yan, City University of Hong Kong).
5. False Dichotomy? 'Western' and 'Eastern' Concepts ofScholarship and Learning (Janette Ryan, Monash University and KamLouie, University of Hong Kong).
6. Learning, Empowerment and Judgement (Michael Luntley,University of Warwick).
7. Is Popper's Falsificationist Heuristic a Helpful Resource forDeveloping Critical Thinking? (Chi-Ming Lam, University of HongKong).
8. Critical Thinking as a Source of Respect for Persons: ACritique (Christine Doddington, University of Cambridge).
9. Re-Conceptualizing Critical Thinking for Moral Education inCulturally Plural Societies (Duck-Joo Kwak, Konkuk University).
Index.
