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Presenter Information- Foundation for Critical Thinking Fellows

 





Dr. Richard Paul
 is a distinguished leader in the international critical thinking movement. He is Director of Research at the Center for Critical Thinking, the Chair of the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, and author of over 200 articles and seven books on critical thinking. Dr. Paul has given hundreds of workshops on critical thinking and made a series of eight critical thinking video programs for PBS. His views on critical thinking have been canvassed in New York Times, Education Week, The Chronicle of Higher Education, American Teacher, Educational Leadership, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and Reader's Digest.

 

 

 



Dr. Linda Elder
 is an educational psychologist and a prominent authority on critical thinking. She is President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking. Dr. Elder has taught psychology and critical thinking at the college level and has given presentations to more than 20,000 educators at all levels. She has coauthored four books and 20 thinker’s guides on critical thinking. Her views have been canvassed in the Times Higher Education, the Christian Science Monitor, and on National Public Radio.

 

 


Dr. Enoch Hale is a major presenter for the Foundation for Critical Thinking. With ten years experience in teaching high school social studies courses emphasizing critical thinking, Dr. Hale brings a wealth of experience to the conference setting. He is highly skilled in designing lessons that fulfill state standards. He has extensive experience working with advanced learners, learners who face special challenges, and “typical” students as well. His PhD dissertation, entitled A Critical Analysis of Richard Paul’s Substantive Trans-disciplinary Conception of Critical Thinking is, to date, the most comprehensive analysis of Paul's conception of critical thinking.