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Transportation, Lodging, and Social Functions: 2024 Fall Academy on Critical Thinking

         
 

Transportation, Lodging, & Social Events

at the

Fall 2024 Critical Thinking Academy

     
November 15th - 17th, 2024
 

Registration Closed

 

Peel Museum & Botanical Garden
400 South Walton Boulevard
Bentonville, AR 72712-5705

Traveling to and in Northwest Arkansas

Flying
Participants will want to fly into Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport .

Ground Transportation
If you want to join a carpool list to potentially carpool with other participants to and from the venue , please  email us with permission to share your email address and/or phone number with the others on the list.

You will need automated transport to travel to and from Peel Museum & Botanical Gardens each day. There are many car rental services at the airport, and you can see a list of such services with relevant contact information here .

A number of taxi and shuttle services are available at the airport. They are listed along with their respective contact details here .

Uber and Lyft operate in the area.

Lodging

Hotel & Inn Room Blocks Available
We have arranged for room blocks at the following locations. We recommend booking your room early, as a major football game is occurring in the area during the weekend of the academy. Credit card information will be required.


Four Points by Sheraton
Reservation Deadline: November 14th, 2024

211 SE Walton Boulevard
Bentonville, AR 72712

Reserve online here.

Social Functions at the Academy

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Friday, Nov. 15
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Join us for a visit to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which features centuries' worth of paintings, sculptures, and more. Admittance is free of charge.


Informal Gathering After Hours (Location TBA)
Saturday, Nov. 16
7:00 p.m.
Join us for our last evening when we will meet at a local bar in small or larger groups, as we wish, for lively and convivial discussion. 

Other Recreation
Northwest Arkansas is known for its natural landscapes and lakes, and it has become a hub of culture and art in recent years. See the many things to do in the area at NorthwestArkansas.org .



Please do not pass this message by.

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.

Thank you for your support of ethical critical thinking.