Unit-2-Critical-Thinking

1、Unit 2Critical ThinkingLearning ObjectivesAt the end of this lesson, the students are supposed to know what critical thinking is.the important role critical thinking plays in our life.how to develop critical thinking Background InformationDr. Richard PaulAs Director of Research and Professional Deve

2、lopment at the Center for Critical Thinking and Chair of the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, Dr. Paul is an internationally recognized authority on critical thinking, with eight books and over 200 articles on the subject. He has written books for every grade level and has done

3、extensive experimentation with teaching tactics and strategies, and devising, among other things, novel ways to engage students in rigorous self-assessment. Dr. Paul has received four degrees and has given lectures on critical thinking at many universities in both the United States and abroad, inclu

4、ding Harvard, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and the universities of Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, British Columbia, Toronto, and Amsterdam. He taught beginning and advanced courses in critical thinking at the university level for over 20 years. He has been the recipient of numero

5、us honors and awards, including Distinguished Philosopher (by the Council for Philosophical Studies, 1987), O.C. Tanner Lecturer in Humanities (by Utah State University, 1986), Lansdown Visiting Scholar (by the University of Victoria, 1987), and the Alfred Korsybski Memorial Lecturer (by the Institu

6、te for General Semantics, 1987). His views on critical thinking have been canvassed in the New York Times, Education Week, The Chronicle of Higher Education, American Teacher, Readers Digest, Educational Leadership, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Pauls wide-ranging knowledge, practica

7、l strategies, and enthusiasm make him highly sought-after as a keynoter and workshop presenter. Critical thinking Critical thinking is the process of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false; sometimes true, or partly true. The origins of critical t

8、hinking can be traced in Western thought to the Socratic method of Ancient Greece and in the East, to the Buddhist kalama sutta and Abhidharma. Critical thinking is an important component of most professions. It is a part of the education process and is increasingly significant as students progress

9、through university to graduate education, although there is debate among educators about its precise meaning and scope.Some classic definitions for critical thinking (1)Some classic definitions for critical thinking (2)Some classic definitions for critical thinking (3)Some classic definitions for critical thinking (4)Some classic definitions for critical thinking (5)Pre-reading QuestionCan you show us some examples about what critical thinking is ?事实胜于雄辩History v.s. story尽信书则不如无书 Text ReadingYou will be given 15 minutes to finish reading this lesson an