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College and University Faculty

The following articles on our website are directly relevant to higher education instruction in critical thinking and are offered complimentary.



Additional Complimentary Resources for Higher Education Faculty

The following articles go beyond instructional redesign and focus on a number of issues in critical thinking relevant to higher education instruction.
The Campanile at UC Berkeley

ISSUES IN CRITICAL THINKING
Ethics Without Indoctrination
Accelerating Change
Applied Disciplines: A Critical Thinking Model for Engineering
Critical Thinking and Emotional Intelligence
Critical Thinking, Moral Integrity and Citizenship
Diversity: Making Sense of It Through Critical Thinking
Global Change: Why C.T. is Essential To the Community College Mission
Natural Egocentric Dispositions

THE QUESTIONING MIND
Newton, Darwin, & Einstein
The Role of Socratic Questioning in Thinking, Teaching, & Learning
The Critical Mind is A Questioning Mind
Three Categories of Questions: Crucial Distinctions
The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning
A History of Freedom of Thought

RESEARCH
Effect of a Model for Critical Thinking on Student Achievement...
Study of 38 Public Universities and 28 Private Universities To Determine Faculty Emphasis on Critical Thinking In Instruction
Substantive Critical Thinking as Developed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking Proves Effective in Raising SAT and ACT Test Scores...
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills to Fourth Grade Students Identified as Gifted and Talented
The Effect of Richard Paul's Universal Elements and Standards of Reasoning on Twelfth Grade Composition

28th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRITICAL THINKING
28th International Conference on Critical Thinking
Conference Theme: The Art of Teaching for Intellectual Engagement
Conference Sessions (28th Intl. Conference)
Preconference Sessions (28th Intl. Conference)
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CRITICAL THINKING IS AT RISK.

Here are some of the big reasons why:

  1. Many people believe that critical thinking should be free and that scholars qualified to teach critical thinking should do so for free. Accordingly, they do not think they should have to pay for critical thinking textbooks, courses, or other resources when there is "so much free material online" - despite how erroneous that material may be.
  2. There are many misguided academicians, and some outright charlatans, pushing forth and capitalizing on a pseudo-, partial, or otherwise impoverished concept of critical thinking.
  3. Little to no funding is designated for critical thinking professional development in schools, colleges, or universities, despite the lip service widely given to critical thinking (as is frequently found in mission statements).
  4. Most people, including faculty, think they already know what critical thinking is, despite how few have studied it to any significant degree, and despite how few can articulate a coherent, accurate, and sufficiently deep explanation of it.
  5. People rarely exhibit the necessary level of discipline to study and use critical thinking for reaching higher levels of self-actualization. In part, this is due to wasting intellectual and emotional energy on fruitless electronic entertainment designed to be addictive and profitable rather than educational and uplifting.
  6. On the whole, fairminded critical thinking is neither understood, fostered, nor valued in educational institutions or societies.
  7. People are increasingly able to cluster themselves with others of like mind through alluring internet platforms that enable them to validate one another's thinking - even when their reasoning is nonsensical, lopsided, prejudiced, or even dangerous.
  8. Critical thinking does not yet hold an independent place in academia. Instead, "critical thinking" is continually being "defined" and redefined according to any academic area or instructor that, claiming (frequently unsupported) expertise, steps forward to teach it.

As you see, increasingly powerful trends against the teaching, learning, and practice of critical thinking entail extraordinary challenges to our mission. To continue our work, we must now rely upon your financial support. If critical thinking matters to you, please click here to contribute what you can today.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE OUR WORK.

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