THINKERS GUIDE TO SOCRATIC QUESTIONING: Based on Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools (Thinker's Guide Library) - Softcover

Paul, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944583318 ISBN 13: 9780944583319

Publisher: Foundations of Critical Thinking, 2016

Synopsis

This volume of the Thinker’s Guide Library introduces readers to powerful methods for questioning that pinpoint underlying beliefs and systems of logic. Richard Paul and Linda Elder show how practical and accessible the Socratic method of inquiry can be and how useful it is when assessing and solving any problem.

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About the Author

Dr. Linda Elder is an educational psychologist who has taught both psychology and critical thinking at the college level. She has been President of the Foundation for Critical Thinking and the Executive Director of the Center for Critical Thinking for almost 25 years. She has a special interest in the relation of thought and emotion, as well as the cognitive and affective. She has developed an original theory of the stages of critical thinking development. Elder has coauthored four books on critical thinking, as well as all 23 titles found in the Thinker's Guide Library.

Dr. Richard Paul was a leading proponent of critical thinking and through his work and legacy remains an international authority in the field. He founded the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University in 1980, followed by the Foundation for Critical Thinking. He developed concepts, principles, and theory essentials to a robust and fairminded conception of critical thinking and authored more than 200 articles and seven books on the topic. He presented workshops to hundreds of thousands of educators over his 35-year career as a leader in the critical thinking movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Foundations of Critical Thinking
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0944583318
• ISBN 13: 9780944583319
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96