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020			_a9781138206892
082			_a370.152 MCP
100			_aMcPeck, John E
245			_aCritical Thinking and Education
260			_bRoutledge _c2017 _aNew York
300			_a170
440			_aRoutledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education
520			_aThe skills of ‘critical thinking’ occupy a contentious place in debates on education. It is of course widely recognised that education must consist of more than an unreasoning accumulation of facts and skills, and that modern society demands a highly-developed critical awareness to cope with its ever-increasing complexities. Yet the very term ‘critical thinking’ threatens to become a vague and unexamined slogan, displayed more in party tricks than in useful knowledge. In this book, first published in 1981, Professor McPeck offers a critique of the major ideas and important work in the field, including those of Ennis and de Bono, while at the same time presenting his own rigorous ideas on the proper place in critical thinking in the philosophy of education. The book aims to establish a sound basis on which the role of critical thinking in schools can be evaluated and the author makes a strong case for the contribution it can make to resolving current dilemmas of the curriculum.
650			_aEducation-Philosophy
650			_aLogic
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