Creating Critical Classrooms Helping students to think
critically is at the heart of the mission of St. Thomas. In this
series of three workshops Distinguished University Professor
Stephen Brookfield will draw on his new book - TEACHING FOR
CRITICAL THINKING - to explore what critical thinking comprises
and how it can be developed. Wednesday, November 7, 2012 3:30 PM
- 5:00 PM Each workshop can be taken as a standalone session, or
the three can be taken as an integrated sequence. Seating in
each workshop is limited; registration is required. September
12: Essentials of Teaching for Critical Thinking This session
reviews the different intellectual traditions informing how
critical thinking is understood and considers how we recognize
that students are thinking critically. It argues that what
unites different conceptions of critical thought is the focus on
recognizing, and scrutinizing, the assumptions that inform our
thoughts and actions. The teaching approaches that students say
are most helpful to their lear