The accompanying list lays out a variety of resources that can be used to foster critical thought when substantively contextualized and applied. Each resources presupposes the foundations of critical thinking in that each is built on and subject to evaluation using intellectual criteria, elements of reasoning, and intellectual virtues. Of course, each resource advances a particular agenda so it is of utmost importance to expose that agenda and assess it appropriately. Furthermore, a robust, cross-disciplinary conception of critical thinking can provide further conceptual tools and frameworks for bringing more substance to each resource as we attempt to analyze, evaluate, practice and internalize any insights embedded within. View each resource mindfully keeping the broader goal of fostering intellectually disciplined thinkers in our classrooms.
As a Wiki, if you are a member, you may add to the "Resources Contributions from Teachers." Please do not change Dr. Hale's list. He will add to it as we develop this site.
Resource Contributions from Dr. Enoch Hale's Presentation, "Identifying Resources that Foster Critical Thinking"
Books - Non-Fiction
Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed (30th Anniversary Edition). Continuum, 2000.
Nosich, Gerald. Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking across the Curriculum (4th ed.). New York: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print.
Paul, Richard and Linda Elder. Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Learning and Your Life (3rd ed.). New York: Prentice Hall, 2011. Print.
Resource Contributions from Teachers
Books - Non-Fiction
Ayers, William. Teaching toward Freedom: Moral Commitment and Ethical Actions in the Classroom. Beacon Press, 2005. Print.
Best, Joel. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Print.
Brafman, Ori and Rom Brafman. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. Broadway Books, 2009. Print.
Brookfield, Stephen. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. Print.
Brookfield, Stephen. Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011. Print.
Browne, M. Neil, and Stuart M. Keeley. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (9th ed.) New York: Prentice Hall, 2009. Print.
Gardner, Howard. Five Minds for the Future. Harvard Business School Press, 2009. Print.
Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ (10th ed.). New York: Bantam, 2006. Print.
Gostick, Adrian and Chester Elton. The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization. Free Press, 2010. Print.
Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say, I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing (2nd ed.). W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Print.
Heuer, Richards J. and Randolph H. Pherson. Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis. CQ Press College, 2010. Print.
Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2011. Print.
Loewen, James. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. Touchstone, 2007. Print.
Mazur, Eric. Peer Instruction: A User's Manual. Benjamin Cummings, 1996. Print. (Focuses on the subject of physics.)
Noddings, Nel. Critical Lessons: What Our Schools Should Teach. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Noddings, Nel. Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Perkins, David. Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010.
Postman, Neil. The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School. Vintage, 1996.
Pratt, Daniel D. Five Perspectives on Teaching in Adult and Higher Education. Krieger Pub Co., 1998. Print.
Ritchart, Ron, Mark Church, and Karen Morrison. Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011.
Rothstein, Dan and Luz Santana. Make Just One Change: Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions. Harvard Education Press, 2011. Print.
Schick, Theodore, and Lewis Vaughn. How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age (6th ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print.
Tishman, Shari, David N. and Eileen Jay. The Thinking Classroom: Learning and Teaching in a Culture of Thinking. Allyn & Bacon,1994. Print.
Tovan, Cris. I Read It but I Don't Get It: Strategies for Adolescent Readers. Stenhouse Publishers, 2000. Print.
Walter, Timothy L., Glenn M. Knudsvig, and Donald E.P. Smith. Critical Thinking: Building the Basics (2nd ed.). Wadsworth Publishing, 2002. Print.
Weimer, Maryellen. Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. Print.
Wlodkowski, Raymond J. Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2008. Print.
Books - Fiction
Myrer, Anton. Once an Eagle. New York: Harper Perennial, 2002. Print.
Web Resources and Tools
Bialik College, Melbourne, Australia [not sure what is the specific connection]
LSAT in everyday life (Princeton Review Podcast)Rationale.com (tutorial on argument mapping) [please note, this address seems to link to a cosmetics site - would the contributor please change to the correct address?]
As a Wiki, if you are a member, you may add to the "Resources Contributions from Teachers." Please do not change Dr. Hale's list. He will add to it as we develop this site.
Resource Contributions from Dr. Enoch Hale's Presentation, "Identifying Resources that Foster Critical Thinking"
Books - Non-Fiction
Resource Contributions from Teachers
Books - Non-Fiction
Books - Fiction
Web Resources and Tools