Christopher P. Dwyer

Critical Thinking

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses a modern conceptualisation of critical thinking - one that is commensurate with the exponential increase in the annual output of knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781316509951
• ISBN-10: 1316509958
• Artikelnr.: 47350879

Autorenporträt

Christopher Dwyer is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in the School of Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. In addition to critical thinking, he has worked on a wide array of funded research projects in diverse areas, including instructional design, clinical judgment-making and chronic pain. Dr Dwyer has been teaching critical thinking at university level since 2007. Since 2011, he has written more than ten peer-reviewed published manuscripts on the topic of critical thinking.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Foundations of Critical Thinking: 1. Frameworks for thinking
2. Memory and comprehension
3. Historical perspectives
Part II. Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions: 4. What is critical thinking? Definitions and conceptualisations
5. Analysis
6. Evaluation
7. Inference
8. Reflective judgment
Part III. Critical Thinking in Real-World Settings: 9. Applications of critical thinking
10. Judgment, heuristics and biases
11. Critical thinking instruction and assessment
12. Pedagogical and learning strategies
13. Summary and conclusions.