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ERIC Number: EJ502218
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Making Critical Thinking Possible: Options for Teachers.
Wright, Ian
Social Education, v59 n3 p139-43 Mar 1995
Maintains that, before developing a curriculum to teach critical thinking in the social studies, it is necessary to conceptualize what critical thinking is. Discusses three definitions of critical thinking along with three strategies for teaching critical thinking. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Teacher Behavior, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: University of British Columbia (Canada)
Note: Theme issue topic: "Teaching Students to Think."