STUDENT GUIDE TO HISTORICAL THINKING: GOING BEYOND DATES, PLACES, AND NAMES TO THE CORE OF HISTORY (Thinker's Guide Library) - Softcover

Paul, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944583466 ISBN 13: 9780944583463

Publisher: Foundations of Critical Thinking, 2011

Synopsis

Learning history as only a collection of dates and names prevents us from seeing the true value of the past. The Student Guide to Historical Thinkingreveals the study of history as a mode of thinking with real current-day implications. It begins with a focus on important historical understandings and then presents strategies for fostering fair-minded historical thinking. Students learn to engage with the past in a way that promotes critical thinking about the present and future.

As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fair-minded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues across every field of study across world.

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About the Authors

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.

Meg Gorzycki is a consultant at the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development at San Francisco State University. She has taught history, psychology, and ethics and media at secondary and junior college levels. Dr. Gorzycki’s research interests include ethical literacy, the pedagogy of higher education, and the history of the Cold War.

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: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0944583466
• ISBN 13: 9780944583463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100