Dunn / Halonen / Smith Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology

A Handbook of Best Practices
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0518-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology features currentscholarship on effectively teaching critical thinking skills at alllevels of psychology.

* Offers novel, nontraditional approaches to teaching criticalthinking, including strategies, tactics, diversity issues, servicelearning, and the use of case studies

* Provides new course delivery formats by which faculty cancreate online course materials to foster critical thinking within adiverse student audience

* Places specific emphasis on how to both teach and assesscritical thinking in the classroom, as well as issues of widerprogram assessment

* Discusses ways to use critical thinking in courses ranging fromintroductory level to upper-level, including statistics andresearch methods courses, cognitive psychology, and capstoneofferings

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunn, Dana S.

Halonen, Jane S.

Smith, Randolph A.

Über Autor(innen)

Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology and Director of theLearning in Common Curriculum at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA. AFellow of the American Psychological Association, Dunn is active inthe Society for the Teaching of Psychology and will serve asPresident of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APADivision 2) in 2010. The author or editor of eight previous books,Dunn has also written numerous articles, chapters, and bookreviews.
Jane S. Halonen is Dean of Arts and Sciences at theUniversity of West Florida. She publishes in the areas ofassessment, critical thinking, faculty development, and studentsuccess. Jane is a Fellow and past President of Division 2 of theAmerican Psychological Association, the Society for the Teaching ofPsychology, and served as Associate Editor of its journal,Teaching of Psychology.
Randolph A. Smith is Professor of Psychology andDepartment Chair at Lamar University. His professional work focuseson the scholarship of teaching and learning. Smith is a Fellow ofDivisions 1 and 2 of the American Psychological Association and hasserved as Editor of Teaching of Psychology from 1997. He hasauthored or edited four previous books, as well as many articles,chapters, and presentations.