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ERIC Number: EJ306669
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Critical Thinking: Fundamental to Education for a Free Society.
Paul, Richard W.
Educational Leadership, v42 n1 p4-14 Sep 1984
Short and long term strategies for implementing critical thinking skills into school programs are discussed. The short term strategy is to teach analytic skills within established subject areas, while the long term strategy involves recognizing and overcoming the unconscious obstacles to development of sound critical and dialectical thinking. (TE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Logical Thinking, Long Range Planning, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Thinking Processes