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ERIC Number: EJ283854
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Jun
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'Why in the World': Using Television to Develop Critical Thinking Skills.
Cortes, Carlos E.; Richardson, Elinor
Phi Delta Kappan, v64 n10 p715-16 Jun 1983
A Public Broadcasting Service television series uses national and international current events to stimulate critical analysis in high school students. Among facets of critical analysis and supporting teaching strategies examined are determination of perspective, evaluation of logic, analysis of supplementary materials, projections into the future, and analysis of self. (PB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Educational Television, High Schools, Intellectual Development, Public Television, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Why in the World (Television Series)