Let me to take this opportunity to shamelessly promote the next TBL book coming out (relevant here because of its subtitle): Team-Based Learning in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Group Work that Works to Generate Critical Thinking and Engagement The book will hit the streets January 20, but available for pre-order here: http://stylus.styluspub.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=280921 It has a chapter linking Critical Thinking literature to the practices of TBL, and is edited by Larry K. Michaelsen and some hack crony of his. -M Michael Sweet, Ph.D. Director of Instructional Development, Center for Teaching and Learning MAI 2206 | Mail Stop G2100 | (512) 232-1775 | http://ctl.utexas.edu From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kubitz, Karla Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:47 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: TBL and Teaching Critical Thinking 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 410-704-3168 (ph) 410-704-3912 (fax)