Table of Contents

@contents:Preface

Part 1 Introduction to the book

Chapter 1 Introduction: the topic, the content, the writer …

Part 2: Mapping the territory of critical thinking

Chapter 2 Critical thinking as an elusive concept: what critical thinking might be….

Chapter 3 Approaches to critical thinking in the literature

Chapter 4 Some of the broader issues of critical thinking – standards, objectivity and the cultural basis

Part 3: The person as a critical thinker

Chapter 5 The role of emotion, language and curiosity in critical thinking

Chapter 6 ‘Academic assertiveness’: being appropriately assertive as a thinker

Part 4 Taking Stock

Chapter 7 Critical thinking – a pause to take stock…..

Part 5 Epistemological development and depth in critical thinking

Chapter 8 Critical thinking and learners’ conceptions of knowledge

Chapter 9 Depth in critical thinking

Part 6 Critical thinking and pedagogy

Chapter 10 A defining statement on critical thinking and an introduction to the pedagogy Chapter 11 The pedagogy of critical thinking

Chapter 12 The Pedagogy of Academic Assertiveness

Part 7 Resources Section

Resources

References