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Teaching for critical thinking : tools and techniques to help students question their assumptions / Stephen D. Brookfield.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 280 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780470889343 (hardback)
  • 0470889349
  • 9781118146705 (ebk.)
  • 1118146700 (ebk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 1590.3 B872t 2012
Summary: "In Teaching for Critical Thinking, Stephen Brookfield builds on his last three decades of experience running workshops and teaching courses on critical thinking to explore how student learn to think this way, and what teachers can do the help students develop this capacity. He outlines a basic protocol of critical thinking as a learning process that focuses on uncovering and checking assumptions, exploring alternative perspectives, and taking informed actions as a result. Written to address the broad range of disciplines, this book fosters a shared understanding of critical thinking and helps to various constituencies adapt general principles to specific disciplinary contexts"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 1590.3 B872t 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000103360

"In Teaching for Critical Thinking, Stephen Brookfield builds on his last three decades of experience running workshops and teaching courses on critical thinking to explore how student learn to think this way, and what teachers can do the help students develop this capacity. He outlines a basic protocol of critical thinking as a learning process that focuses on uncovering and checking assumptions, exploring alternative perspectives, and taking informed actions as a result. Written to address the broad range of disciplines, this book fosters a shared understanding of critical thinking and helps to various constituencies adapt general principles to specific disciplinary contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index.

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