Critical Thinking and Educational Reform in the 1980s.

Dinkelman, Todd D.

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ERIC Number: EJ414420

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Critical Thinking and Educational Reform in the 1980s.

Dinkelman, Todd D.

Illinois Schools Journal, v69 n2 p5-14 1990

Examines the extent to which the following reform proposals have students' development of critical thinking skills as their aim: (1) the National Commission on Excellence in Education's "A Nation at Risk"; (2) Ernest Boyer's "High School: A Report on Secondary Education in America"; and (3) the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's "An Imperiled Generation: Saving Urban Schools." (JS)

Descriptors: Activism, Critical Thinking, Democratic Values, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Excellence in Education, Student Needs, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Writing Improvement

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Language: English

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