December 2008

{"id":2625,"title":"News for the kids, by the kids","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Melrose Free Press, MA</span></span><br /> <span>“So there’s some neat things happening here … there’s a lot of <strong>critical thinking</strong>, decision making and problem solving right on the spot. ... <a href=\"http://www.wickedlocal.com/melrose/news/x1621228541/News-for-the-kids-by-the-kids\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2626,"title":"Ode to Vimto: How food companies are teaching schoolchildren to ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Independent, UK</span></span><br /> <span>\"The role of schools in promoting <strong>critical thinking</strong> about the world and helping children to come to their own decisions, informed by balanced information, ...</span><strong><span> <a href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/ode-to-vimto-how-food-companies-are-teaching-schoolchildren-to-love-their-products-1215061.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2627,"title":"Education needs to keep up with the times","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Sun-Sentinel.com, FL</span></span><br /> <span>It's time to analyze, synthesize and evaluate — time to use those same <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills that we encourage in the young minds before us. ... <a href=\"http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-education26forumpndec26,0,4853586.story\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2628,"title":"Afrocentric Critical Thinking","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Black Voice News, CA</span></span><br /> <span><strong>Critical Thinking</strong> is an “Umbrella” term for a group of skilled mental faculty activities which discern the hidden; attend to detail, order, accuracy, ...</span><strong><span> <a href=\"http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/42879/3/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2629,"title":"Schools, League teaming up to help stop bullying","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Ventura County Star, CA</span></span><br /> <span>This training allows us to do that and develops leadership, social action skills, communication and <strong>critical thinking</strong>, as well as developing a sense of ... <a href=\"http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/dec/25/schools-league-teaming-up-to-help-stop-bullying/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2630,"title":"Stop Using Rhetoric to Teach Writing","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Inside Higher Ed, DC</span></span><br /> <span>From the middle of the last century until fairly recently, the idea that the purpose of undergraduate education is to foster “<strong>critical thinking</strong>” has had a ... <a href=\"http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/12/23/kugelmass\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2631,"title":"The Place of Blogs in Journalism Education","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">PBS</span></span><br /> <span>The value of blogging in a journalism course is as a tool for reflection and <strong>critical thinking</strong> about events in the headlines. ... <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/12/the-place-of-blogs-in-journalism-education357.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2632,"title":"Giving education a failing grade","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Enter Stage Right, Canada</span></span><br /> <span>He believes that America's schools are failing to instill <strong>critical thinking</strong>, problem solving, adaptability, curiosity and initiative, among other traits, ... <a href=\"http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/1208/1208globalachievementgap.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2633,"title":"Teacher Workshop Focuses On Newspapers As A Tool","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Greeneville Sun, TN</span></span><br /> <span>Editorials and cartoons can be used for <strong>critical thinking</strong>. Students can be encouraged to draw their own cartoons, political or otherwise, and Baldwin can ... <a href=\"http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/300171\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2634,"title":"Standardized Tests in Israel are the Problem, Not Teachers or Students","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Alternative Information Center (AIC), Israel</span></span><br /> <span>There is an open desire to teach the students to “think” (of course, not <strong>critical thinking</strong>), ie, instead of swallowing the material and vomiting it back out ... <a href=\"http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/standardized-tests-in-israel-are-the-problem-not-teachers-or-students-20081218.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2635,"title":"Barbara Kay: Raelians, witches and Christians -- in Quebec there ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">National Post, Canada</span></span><br /> <span>But encouraging real <strong>critical thinking</strong> is precisely what the ERC course employs duplicity to avoid. On the surface, the ERC curricula present an innocent, ...</span><strong><span><a href=\"http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/12/17/barbara-kay-raelians-witches-and-christians-in-quebec-there-is-no-difference.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2636,"title":"Rethinking Computers in the Classroom","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">MSNBC</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> is a 21st-century curriculum that harnesses PCs and the Internet to equip kids with skills needed in the modern workplace, like <strong>critical thinking</strong>, ... <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28254388/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2637,"title":"New Research Links Music to Increased Brain Power","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">WINKNEWS.com, FL</span></span><br /> <span>They found that strong arts programs are linked to improving communication and <strong>critical-thinking</strong> skills, school climate and student motivation for learning. ... <a href=\"http://www.winknews.com/features/education/36198994.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2638,"title":"Fostering thinking skills in early years","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Teaching Expertise, UK</span></span><br /> <span>‘A classroom where questions are celebrated and modelled will create an ethos of creative and <strong>critical thinking</strong>.’ Language and thinking are intricately ... <a href=\"http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/fostering-thinking-skills-early-years-3914\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2639,"title":"We’re teaching the wrong lessons at school","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada</span></span><br /> <span>We say that we value creativity, innovation and <strong>critical thinking</strong>. Educator and author Alfie Kohn reminds us that pressure to win actually stifles ... <a href=\"http://thechronicleherald.ca/Columnists/1095601.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2640,"title":"Education left to chance?","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">AberdeenNews.com, SD</span></span><br /> <span>Its citizens need to possess at least the rudimentary skills of self-analysis, <strong>critical thinking</strong> and good listening, as well as the ability to control one's ... <a href=\"http://www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081211/OPINION02/812110303/-1/NEWS01\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2641,"title":"Introduction To Critical Thinking","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Black Voice News, CA</span></span><br /> <span>This illustrates the first lesson of <strong>Critical Thinking</strong>—search thoroughly and deeply where the issue lies, no matter how poor the light. ...</span><strong><span> <a href=\"http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/42855/3/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2642,"title":"Education is the Most Important Issue","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Claremont Port Side, CA</span></span><br /> <span>The knowledge, confidence, and <strong>critical-thinking</strong> skills offered by activity-based educational programs are valuable; they must be developed further rather ... <a href=\"http://claremontportside.com/index.php?/20081210215/Politics/Education-is-the-Most-Important-Issue.html?comment_id=118&joscclean=1\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2643,"title":"Reappropriate the Imagination!","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">ZNet, MA</span></span><br /> <span>Creative work and/or processes of collective art-making without an explicit politics that integrally and forever vigilantly incorporates <strong>critical thinking</strong> ... <a href=\"http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19900\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2644,"title":"Solar Schools Initiative","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">eTalkinghead, CA</span></span><br /> <span>With a little bit of <strong>critical thinking</strong>, the Obama team could come up with an innovative plan for using school rooftops for solar collection while reducing ... <a href=\"http://www.etalkinghead.com/archives/solar-schools-initiative-2008-12-09.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2645,"title":"JACQUELINE S. McLAUGHLIN To really learn science, let students do ...","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Allentown Morning Call, PA</span></span><br /> <span>Teaching tools that bring the <strong>critical thinking</strong>, rigor, creativity, and spirit of experimentation that defines research itself to the classroom. ...</span><strong><span> <a href=\"http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-readers.6696871dec09,0,7276970.story\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></strong></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2646,"title":"Already outside the box? Try the unthinkable!","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Times and Transcript, Canada</span></span><br /> <span>What's this got to do with <strong>critical thinking</strong>? This: we should always keep in mind that those who observe a situation, or those controlling a situation, ... <a href=\"http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/504876\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2647,"title":"Another forgettable semester","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Minnesota Daily, MN</span></span><br /> <span>Some may argue that these superfluous classes serve to hone our <strong>critical thinking</strong> capacity, providing a more expansive intellectual range. ... <a href=\"http://www.mndaily.com/2008/12/06/another-forgettable-semester\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2648,"title":"Outrage on Right Over ’Straight Questionnaire’ Given to High Schoolers","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">EDGE Boston, MA</span></span><br /> <span>The questionnaire is now part of a kit designed for use in classrooms as a tool to stimulate discussion and <strong>critical thinking</strong> around societal prejudices. ... <a href=\"http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=84292\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2649,"title":"50 reasons people give for believing in a god","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">EurekAlert (press release), DC</span></span><br /> <span>It's a gentle nudge toward <strong>critical thinking</strong> for believers as well as road map to productive interaction between believers and nonbelievers. ... <a href=\"http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-12/pb-frp120508.php\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2650,"title":"Building a Non-Prophet Organization","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">City on a Hill Press, CA</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> fall behind in science classrooms because they omitted important topics in scientific and historical discussion and fail to teach <strong>critical thinking</strong>. ... <a href=\"http://www.cityonahillpress.com/article.php?id=1490\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2651,"title":"Initiative sets educational standards . . . the Berkeley way","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Berkeleyan Online, CA</span></span><br /> <span>Take, for instance, the notion of <strong>critical thinking</strong>, a key goal of undergraduate learning. \"What is <strong>critical thinking</strong> and how is it demonstrated and ... <a href=\"http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/12/03_initiative.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2652,"title":"P21 offers free guidance for English teachers","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">eSchool News (subscription), MD</span></span><br /> <span>This new resource--a framework that provides teacher-created models for how 21st-century skills such as problem solving, <strong>critical thinking</strong>, communication, ... <a href=\"http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56256\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2653,"title":"Good quality thinking in child protection work","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Communitycare.co.uk, UK</span></span><br /> <span>Or are conflicts of opinion repressed, perhaps out of a culture of politeness, so inhibiting good <strong>critical thinking</strong> about the management of a case? ... <a href=\"http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/12/03/110159/good-quality-thinking-in-child-protection-work.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2654,"title":"Learning by heart is 'pointless for Google generation'","author":"","content":"<p><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom</span></span><br /> <span><strong>...</strong> multi tasking with digital devices, such as using the internet while listening to their MP3 players, can help them to develop <strong>critical thinking</strong> skills. ... <a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/primaryeducation/3540852/Learning-by-heart-is-pointless-for-Google-generation.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}

{"id":2655,"title":"Students fashion their own education","author":"","content":"<div class=\"lh\"><span><span style=\"color: #6f6f6f;\">guardian.co.uk, UK</span></span><br /> <span>This makes the need for <strong>critical-thinking</strong> skills even more important. Academics will have to take greater care in assessing students' work, which is more ... <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/digitalstudent/1\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Article</a></span></div>\r\n<p><br style=\"clear: both;\" /></p>","public_access":"1","public_downloads":"1","sku":"","files":{},"images":{}}