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Teacher's Handbook for Critical Thinking for Children
Teacher's Handbook for Critical Thinking for Children Author:Suzanne Borman and Joel Levine This handbook is designed for teachers who want to foster fairminded critical thinking in instruction. The ideas in this handbook should not be considered an "add on," another set of procedures and activities to do in the classroom. In other words, the ideas, concepts, and strategies presented in this Handbook are not something you add to your c... more »urriculum. Rather, they provide you and your students with intellectual tools that apply to the learning of all academic subjects. They apply to all learning activities. Once you have grasped the theory of critical thinking, you will find that it is relevant to everything you do in the classroom-to all of your content and instructional activities, and to all classroom management issues and student interactions. The intellectual tools to which you will beintroduced in this Handbook come from the work of Richard Paul and Linda Elder andare designed to foster fairminded critical thinking. This Handbook is designed to be usedin conjunction with The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children (Elder, 2006).« less