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Young people in today's world need to develop careful, critical thinking to support their decisions, large and small. This books sets them on the path. Deanna Kuhn (author of Education for Thinking, Harvard University Press) offers a text written directly to middle and secondary students. It engages them in a method of well- documented effectiveness, using peer dialog to develop verbal and written skills of argument and critical thinking. Simultaneously it engages them in evidence-based decision making regarding 44 topics about their personal futures, the futures of their communities, of their…mehr

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Young people in today's world need to develop careful, critical thinking to support their decisions, large and small. This books sets them on the path. Deanna Kuhn (author of Education for Thinking, Harvard University Press) offers a text written directly to middle and secondary students. It engages them in a method of well- documented effectiveness, using peer dialog to develop verbal and written skills of argument and critical thinking. Simultaneously it engages them in evidence-based decision making regarding 44 topics about their personal futures, the futures of their communities, of their nation, and their world. Provided for each topic is a comprehensive body of factual knowledge, in simple Q&A format, all with further sources. A Teachers Edition, provides further resources including assessment of student skill gains.
Autorenporträt
La profesora Deanna Kuhn, profesora del Teachers College de la Universidad de Columbia, es psicóloga cognitiva y educativa y miembro de la Academia Nacional de Educación. Su principal preocupación es la mejor manera de educar a los estudiantes para que desempeñen sus funciones de adultos en el lugar de trabajo y en su vida personal como aprendices de por vida y como ciudadanos.