Reflective judgment plays an important role in complex world. It follows that the goals of "critical thinking" and "life-long" learning would appear with such frequency in the rhetoric of educational reform in many global societies. This book challenges some of the basic underpinnings of our notions of thinking critically.
By introducing current debates in the field of critical thinking and posing new questions from contributing scholars,
Critical Thinking and Learning examines the received wisdom in the field of critical thinking and learning.
- Examines the different perspectives in the field of critical thinking and learning
- Provides insights into critical thinking by posing new questions from contributing authors
- Introduces cross-cultural viewpoints into the dominant 'western'-based educational viewpoint
- Highlights differences among a variety of thinkers in the field
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Critical Thinking and Learning |
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Kinds of Thinking, Styles of Reasoning |
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Culture, Cognitive Pluralism and Rationality |
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Is There a Geography of Thought for East-West Differences? Why or Why Not? |
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False Dichotomy? `Western' and `Confucian' concepts of scholarship and learning |
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Learning, Empowerment and Judgement |
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Is Popper's Falsificationist Heuristic a Helpful Resource for Developing Critical Thinking? |
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Critical Thinking as a Source of Respect for Persons: A critique |
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Re-conceptualizing Critical Thinking for Moral Education in Culturally Plural Societies |
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Mark Mason is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Educational Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, where he is also Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC). He is the co-author of a variety of articles and books in the field, most recently Changing Education: Leadership, Innovation and Development in a Globalizing Asia Pacific.
