{"product_id":"critical-thinking-and-learning-isbn-9781405181075","title":"Critical Thinking and Learning","description":"By introducing current debates in the field of critical thinking and posing new questions from contributing scholars, \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking and Learning\u003c\/i\u003e examines the received wisdom in the field of critical thinking and learning.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the different perspectives in the field of critical thinking and learning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides insights into critical thinking by posing new questions from contributing authors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces cross-cultural viewpoints into the dominant 'western'-based educational viewpoint\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights differences among a variety of thinkers in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael A. Peters\u003c\/i\u003e ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Critical Thinking and Learning\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Mason \u003c\/i\u003e1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Kinds of Thinking, Styles of Reasoning\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael A. Peters \u003c\/i\u003e12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Culture, Cognitive Pluralism and Rationality\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eColin W. Evers \u003c\/i\u003e25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Is There a Geography of Thought for East-West Differences? Why or Why Not?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHo Mun Chan \u0026amp; Hektor K. T. Yan \u003c\/i\u003e44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 False Dichotomy? ‘Western’ and ‘Confucian’ concepts of scholarship and learning\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanette Ryan \u0026amp; Kam Louie \u003c\/i\u003e65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Learning, Empowerment and Judgement\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael  Luntley \u003c\/i\u003e79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Is Popper’s Falsificationist Heuristic a Helpful Resource for Developing Critical Thinking?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChi-Ming Lam \u003c\/i\u003e93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Critical Thinking as a Source of Respect for Persons: A critique \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine Doddington \u003c\/i\u003e109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Re-conceptualizing Critical Thinking for Moral Education in Culturally Plural Societies\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDuck-Joo Kwak \u003c\/i\u003e120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 131\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMark Mason\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Educational Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, where he is also Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC). He is the co-author of a variety of articles and books in the field, most recently \u003ci\u003eChanging Education: Leadership, Innovation and Development in a Globalizing Asia Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e.  Reflective judgment plays an important role in today's complex world. It follows that the goals of 'critical thinking' and 'life-long' learning would appear with such frequency in the rhetoric of educational reform in many global societies. But what are the discourses that produced such lofty educational aims? And what societal, cultural, and educational issues arose from those discourses? Today's teachers are routinely expected to employ classroom strategies that encourage students to think critically and ask critical questions. But what do these concepts really mean?  \u003cp\u003eBy inviting critical consideration of these timely issues, \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking and Learning\u003c\/i\u003e challenges some of the basic underpinnings of our notions of thinking critically. We see how many of the dominant concepts in educational reform are informed by 'western' values – and what happens when they are observed from a variety of historical and cultural perspectives. Contributing scholars pose some fascinating new questions that have arisen from current debates in the field: Does rationality transcend particular cultures? Are there different kinds of thinking, different styles of reasoning – especially between 'East\/West' cultures? What is the relationship between critical thinking and learning? And how does the moral domain overlap with some of these pedagogical issues?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIlluminating and reflective, \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking and Learning\u003c\/i\u003e will challenge some of the prevailing viewpoints of our educational systems and provide valuable new insights into the ways we think and learn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989007712485,"sku":"NP9781405181075","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405181075.jpg?v=1761782408","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/critical-thinking-and-learning-isbn-9781405181075","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}