Critical Thinking

<p>In this book, Jennifer Moon explores and clarifies critical thinking and provides practical guidance for improving student learning and supporting the teaching process.</p><p>Key themes covered include:</p><ul> <li>different views of and approaches to critical thinking with an emphasis on a practical basis that can be translated into use in the classroom.</li> <li>links between learning, thinking and writing </li> <li>the place of critical thinking alongside other academic activities such as reflective learning and argument</li> <li>critical thinking and assessment, class environments, staff knowledge and development, writing tasks and oral tasks. </li> </ul><p>Teachers in all disciplines in post-compulsory education will find this approach to defining and improving students’ critical thinking skills invaluable.</p> <p>@contents:Preface</p><p>Part 1 Introduction to the book</p><p>Chapter 1 Introduction: the topic, the content, the writer …</p><p>Part 2: Mapping the territory of critical thinking</p><p>Chapter 2 Critical thinking as an elusive concept: what critical thinking might be….</p><p>Chapter 3 Approaches to critical thinking in the literature</p><p>Chapter 4 Some of the broader issues of critical thinking – standards, objectivity and the cultural basis</p><p>Part 3: The person as a critical thinker</p><p>Chapter 5 The role of emotion, language and curiosity in critical thinking</p><p>Chapter 6 ‘Academic assertiveness’: being appropriately assertive as a thinker</p><p>Part 4 Taking Stock</p><p>Chapter 7 Critical thinking – a pause to take stock…..</p><p>Part 5 Epistemological development and depth in critical thinking</p><p>Chapter 8 Critical thinking and learners’ conceptions of knowledge</p><p>Chapter 9 Depth in critical thinking</p><p>Part 6 Critical thinking and pedagogy</p><p>Chapter 10 A defining statement on critical thinking and an introduction to the pedagogy Chapter 11 The pedagogy of critical thinking </p><p>Chapter 12 The Pedagogy of Academic Assertiveness </p><p>Part 7 Resources Section</p><p>Resources</p><p>References</p>