September 2019 Critical Thinking Educators and Administrators Academy
This Academy is designed for teachers, faculty, administrators, government/business and military trainers working to bring substantive critical thinking across their respective institutions, into specific departments or divisions.
The Academy will entail four days of interactive workshops that will enhance your understanding of critical thinking and how to best foster it in your courses and at your institutions. The academy will be followed a few weeks later by two voluntary (one-hour) study groups (times to be announced). The follow-up study groups are designed to help you continue advancing in critical thinking by developing your instructional design plans and processes under the direction of our critical thinking fellows and scholars. Certificates of Completion will be available at the end of the process.
$1,190.00
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September 2019 Critical Thinking Educators and Administrators Academy
This Academy is designed for teachers, faculty, administrators, government/business and military trainers working to bring substantive critical thinking across their respective institutions, into specific departments or divisions.
The Academy will entail four days of interactive workshops that will enhance your understanding of critical thinking and how to best foster it in your courses and at your institutions. The academy will be followed a few weeks later by two voluntary (one-hour) study groups (times to be announced). The follow-up study groups are designed to help you continue advancing in critical thinking by developing your instructional design plans and processes under the direction of our critical thinking fellows and scholars. Certificates of Completion will be available at the end of the process.
The Academy will be held in a retreat setting in beautiful Northwest Arkansas, near world-renowned Crystal Bridges Museum and world-class biking trails. Participants will stay in local hotels and rentals of their choosing.
The advanced sessions are for those who have been studying in the Paul-Elder Approach to Critical Thinking, and who want to advance their understandings of the theory and application of critical thinking for use in their teaching. Those who have met the Foundation for Critical Thinking prerequisites for certification in the Paul-Elder Approach can achieve certification at this academy, should they meet the requirements and apply for certification according to our certification guidelines .
Don’t miss this opportunity to work with world-class authorities on critical thinking in a small, retreat setting.
Those who will benefit from this Academy include:
• Teachers, faculty and administrators who seek to understand the relationship between Socratic Question and Critical thinking across every field of study and within all domains of human thought.
• Teachers, faculty and administrators who seek to understand the proper role of assessment in teaching and learning, as well as the relationship between assessment and critical thinking.
• Colleges and Universities committed to bringing critical thinking into the foundations of instruction across their respective institutions or within particular departments or divisions.
• Colleges and Universities seeking accreditation or re-accreditation with emphasis on critical thinking (including critical reading and critical writing) through any accreditation body.
• K-12 school districts and schools committed to infusing critical thinking within their curricula.
• Those in government, business and the military who seek to use and teach the Paul-Elder Approach in their work as trainers or consultants.
• Instructors who seek to more deeply command the concepts and principles found in a rich conception of critical thinking.
