Critical Thinking and Education

by John E McPeck

The skills of 'critical thinking' occupy a contentious place in debates on education. It is of course widely recognised that education must consist of more than an unreasoning accumulation of facts and skills, and that modern society demands a highly-developed critical awareness to cope with its ever-increasing complexities. Yet the very term 'critical thinking' threatens to become a vague and unexamined slogan, displayed more in party tricks than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113820689X
• ISBN13: 9781138206892
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"