Colleagues,

 

Greetings at the start of the 2016/17 academic year.

 

Our research team as just posted the short paper, "Cultivating A Positive
Critical Thinking Mindset," on academia.edu.  If you find it helpful, feel
free to use it in your teaching.  Link to PDF:
https://www.academia.edu/28435344/Cultivating_A_Critical_Thinking_Mindset

 

Abstract:  Since the publication of the California Critical Thinking
Disposition Inventory in 1992, our research team has often been asked what a
person might do in order to develop strong critical thinking habits of mind.
The answer, as it turns out, is both easier and more difficult than might at
first be imagined. This essay offers specific suggestions - practices which
can be incorporate into daily living.

After a quick summary of how education and socialization are used in the
formation of character, the paper provides a summary analysis of the seven
positive attributes which comprise the critical thinking mindset, a
preliminary self-assessment tool which the ready may elect to use, a
discussion distinguishing strong critical thinking from knowledge and then
from ethics, and finally specific recommendations for building and
sustaining all seven positive attributes of a strong critical thinker. 

Regards,

Pete

 

 

Peter A. Facione, PhD



www.measuredreasons.com <http://www.measuredreasons.com/> 

           650-743-8632

 


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