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Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Handbook of Best Practices
Contributor(s): Dunn, Dana S. (Editor), Halonen, Jane S. (Editor), Smith, Randolph A. (Editor)
ISBN: 1405174021     ISBN-13: 9781405174022
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2008
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Annotation: Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology features current scholarship on effectively teaching critical thinking skills in the discipline of psychology. These skills include the ability to recognize patterns; to solve problems in practical, creative, or scientific ways; to engage in psychological reasoning; and to adopt different perspectives when evaluating ideas or issues. Through these skills students improve their abilities to observe, infer, question, decide, develop new ideas, and analyze arguments.
Using original materials and perspectives, this edited volume provides novel and nontraditional approaches to teaching critical thinking, including strategies, tactics, diversity issues, service learning, and the use of case studies. Written by experts in the field, this accessible collection provides instructors with a showcase for best practices for teaching critical thinking issues at all levels of psychology.
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Education & Training
Dewey: 150.71
LCCN: 2008011373
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages
 
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Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology features current scholarship on effectively teaching critical thinking skills at all levels of psychology.
  • Offers novel, nontraditional approaches to teaching critical thinking, including strategies, tactics, diversity issues, service learning, and the use of case studies
  • Provides new course delivery formats by which faculty can create online course materials to foster critical thinking within a diverse student audience
  • Places specific emphasis on how to both teach and assess critical thinking in the classroom, as well as issues of wider program assessment
  • Discusses ways to use critical thinking in courses ranging from introductory level to upper-level, including statistics and research methods courses, cognitive psychology, and capstone offerings