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21. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Patricia K. Kubow

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22. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Patricia K. Kubow, John M. Fischer

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23. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Patricia K. Kubow

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24. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Wycliffe Humphrey Odiwuor

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25. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Florence Achieng Omondi

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26. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Zamangwane Bhengu-Mpungose

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27. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Daniel Odhiambo Maganda

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28. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Sydney Msebenzi Mbuyazi

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29. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Jo Beth Gonzalez

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30. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Patricia K. Kubow, John M. Fischer

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31. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Sibusiso Simamane

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32. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
John M. Fischer

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33. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Jennifer A. Michalenok

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34. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 4
Richard O. Odiwa

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35. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 3
M. Neil Browne, Stuart M. Keeley

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36. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 3
Bruce Davidson

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Convinced that critical thinking has value for people in Japan, the author describes his experiences introducing critical thinking to the educational scene there. Finding students to be too uncritical aboutsources of information, he began teaching and promoting it among students and colleagues. Initially, some discouraging responses came from the latter group because of Japanese social norms in largemeetings and organizations. The author has since learned to make use of less explicit approaches to presenting critical thinking to fellow teachers and students. Among students, these include treating itas a collaborative activity and as an intellectual game. It was also necessary to deal explicitly with conceptual barriers, such as student views of friendship and popularity. Generally speaking, encouraging progress has been evident in classes and in the academic community.
37. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 3
Robert Garnett, Kristin Klopfenstein

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Students enter the classroom with a variety of perspectives and beliefs, adhering strongly to such beliefs that are most likely acquired from the teachings of certain authorities. Educators seeking to promote critical thinking often encounter resistance from those students who are primarily interested only in dismantling the arguments of others, as opposed to students’ being skeptical of their own beliefs as well. This paper suggests that educators can promote strong-sense critical thinking through the use of joint inquiry, striving to create an environment of greater communal learning, where students are taught how to ask the right questions and not just how to look for the right answers.
38. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 3
Mary Vasudeva, Stuart Keeley

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Transferring critical thinking skills and dispositions from the classroom to our relationships is fraught with peril. The constructive infusion of criticality into interpersonal relationships, however, can greatlyenrich such relationships. An important question is how best to accomplish this enrichment process. In response to that question, we suggest the following strategies to facilitate the process of criticality in a relationship: (1) recognize potential argument frames and explore and negotiate these within the context of our relationships; (2) recognize one’s own and the other’s complex context, especially deep-seatedvalues, attitudes, and commitments; (3) frame caring as including both support and criticality and avoid treating others as “spun glass,” too fragile to partake of critical thinking exchanges; (4) apply active listening skills during critical thinking discussions. These strategies can help transform potentially adversarial interactions into positive growth experiences for all concerned.
39. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 3
M. Neil Browne, Michelle Crosby

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After having achieved some level of competency in their critical thinking classes, students are often frustrated by the effects of their use of critical thinking with their friends and family. This threat to their long-standing relationships and social comfort should be addressed in our pedagogy if we are to enable critical thinking to realize its potential for effective communication. Explicit attention to the emotional component of critical thinking exchanges is a possible step towards alleviating the negative tensions that would otherwise result from the socially clumsy deployment of critical thinking. This paper offers suggestive evidence of relational frustration experienced by freshman critical thinking students and provides practical suggestions whereby criticaI thinking can nurture, rather than jeopardize social networks.
40. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines: Volume > 23 > Issue: 3
Andrea Giampetro-Meyer

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As more professors implement critical thinking training in their classrooms, these professors not only must teach the process of critical thinking, but they must also instruct students about how to effectivelyuse their newly acquired skills. Because critical thinking tends to promote reconsideration of strong personal beliefs, students may be resistant to change, resulting in various kinds of emotions. In addition, students who have been trained to in critical thinking may experience resistance from friends and family, leading to greater interpersonal conflict. Therefore, professors should strive for greater sensitivity and understanding, responding to students’ personal needs by teaching them how to effectively and appropriately use their critical thinking skills in various environments.