Focus on Thinking: Engaging Educators in Higher-Order Thinking - Softcover

Wagner, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475833520 ISBN 13: 9781475833522

Publisher: Rl, 2017

Synopsis

This book will help middle and secondary school teachers take advantage of teachable moments by drawing students into productive intellectual discussions. It also provides an overview of the rationale and research base for engaging students in educational activities that are truly intellectual and not limited to training for testing success.

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About the Authors

Paul A. Wagner, Ph.D., is the author of over 130 publications including nine books. He is chair of the Department of Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Houston.

Daphne Johnson teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Education at Sam Houston State University. She brought Project Based Learning to the Education courses at Sam Houston State, increasing critical thinking amongst the teacher candidates. Dr.

Frank Fair, Ph.D., has a number of publications in a variety of academic journals, and has co-authored a number of books, including one on innovation in quality management and one on team creativity in business. Two other recent publications that are especially

Dr. Daniel Fasko, a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, is a Professor of Educational Psychology, at Bowling Green State University where he teaches educational psychology and life-span development. His research interests are in critical and creative thinking, and moral reasoning and education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rl
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475833520
• ISBN 13: 9781475833522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128