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mcli : dialogue days : Critical Thinking
All faculty, both residential and adjunct, are invited to attend.
For residential faculty, this event has been pre-approved for 12 clock hours of Faculty Professional Growth (FPG) non-academic advancement.
Teaching for Critical Thinking with Richard Paul
Two-Day Workshop
Thursday and Friday, October 4-5, 2001
Rio Salado College, Rooms 2B (day 1) and 2A (day 2)
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Continental breakfast and lunch included both days.
Richard Paul
 As Director of Research and Professional
Development 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 six
books and over 100 articles on the subject.
Workshop Description
This workshop will introduce the basic
components of critical thinking, ways to build those components
into the design of what you teach, and ways to make that design
effective (see topics for both days below).
You must register and
attend both days and plan to bring your own textbook(s) to use in
the workshop.
Register now online or call Shelly Laug, mcli, (480)-731-8300
Topics For Thursday, October 4, 2001
- The Concept of Critical Thinking (with basic applications to instruction)
- The Ideal vs. the Reality of Instruction and Student Learning
- Inert Information and Activated Ignorance
- Teaching Students How to Analyze Thinking
- Teaching Students How to Assess and Improve Thinking
- Teaching Students the Art of Asking Intelligent Questions
Topics For Friday, October 5, 2001
- Teaching Content as a Mode of Thinking
- Teaching Students to be Intellectually Humble, Perseverant, and Disciplined
- Global Strategies for the Improvement of Instruction
- Putting It All Together: The Long-Term Improvement of Instruction
Contacts
For more information, please contact:
- Maria Harper-Marinick, mcli, 480.731-8294
One of the suggestions for follow up is to bring together in late spring
everyone who attended to discuss progress and share ideas. We are
willing to plan a dialogue day for you to have the opportunity to share
strategies and your progress with incorporating critical thinking into
your classes. Contact Maria Harper-Marinick by email if you are interested in this type of event.
Faculty Professional Growth
For residential faculty, this event has been pre-approved for 12 clock hours of Faculty Professional Growth (FPG) non-academic advancement.
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