Spurred by my recent foray into ideas for increasing critical thinking, here’s an idea that I think combines a lot of different ideas, including critical thinking and logical inference, into a skill-building activity that engages a virtually universal student interest: music.
August 18, 2010
Logic and inference through song
Posted by Galen Broaddus under Best Practices, Connotation, Critical Thinking, Enthusiasm, Fun, Language, Planning, Poetry | Tags: critical thinking, logic |[13] Comments
July 29, 2010
A reasonable way to teach logic
Posted by Galen Broaddus under Best Practices, Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy, Interacting with the Real World, Planning, Teacher Education | Tags: argument, critical thinking, education, logic, Toulmin |[9] Comments
I got the latest edition of English Journal this week, and while I have been remiss in keeping up with past issues, I jumped for joy to see this one, which centers on one of my favorite areas of study: Logic and Critical Reasoning. I try to teach critical thinking to all of my classes, and I was excited to see what ideas were included to reinforce this absolutely vital universal subdiscipline.
I am happy to announce that I have not yet been disappointed.
Docere Est Discere 