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Hi all,



I just read an article in the November Faculty Focus newsletter that discussed Brookfield’s new book on teaching critical thinking.  The article is entitled Teaching Critical Thinking: Are We Clear and it was written by Maryellen Weimer.  I thought you might be interested in the listing below of ‘times in a course when critical thinking is most important’.  Several of them match up quite nicely with what TBL requires of students during well-designed application exercises.  Karla







•          When skills and knowledge have to be applied in the real world



•          When independent judgment is needed



•          When alternative interpretations and perspectives are possible



•          When actions and decisions need to be informed



•          When rapid judgments are called for



•          When students are encouraged to see themselves as knowledge generators  ( from November Faculty Focus, Weimer, 2011)







Karla Kubitz, Ph.D., FACSM

Program Coordinator, Exercise Science

Department of Kinesiology

Towson University

8000 York Rd

Towson, MD 21252

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