Hi Karla, could you send the article. Thanks, Daniel Moraga UCN-Chile 2011/12/2 Kubitz, Karla <[log in to unmask]> > 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)* > > ** ** > > ** ** >