Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology features current
scholarship on effectively teaching critical thinking skills at all
levels of psychology.
* Offers novel, nontraditional approaches to teaching critical
thinking, including strategies, tactics, diversity issues, service
learning, and the use of case studies
* Provides new course delivery formats by which faculty can
create online course materials to foster critical thinking within a
diverse student audience
* Places specific emphasis on how to both teach and assess
critical thinking in the classroom, as well as issues of wider
program assessment
* Discusses ways to use critical thinking in courses ranging from
introductory level to upper-level, including statistics and
research methods courses, cognitive psychology, and capstone
offerings
Circa l’autore
Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology and Director of the
Learning in Common Curriculum at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA. A
Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Dunn is active in
the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and will serve as
President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA
Division 2) in 2010. The author or editor of eight previous books,
Dunn has also written numerous articles, chapters, and book
reviews.
Jane S. Halonen is Dean of Arts and Sciences at the
University of West Florida. She publishes in the areas of
assessment, critical thinking, faculty development, and student
success. Jane is a Fellow and past President of Division 2 of the
American Psychological Association, the Society for the Teaching of
Psychology, and served as Associate Editor of its journal,
Teaching of Psychology.
Randolph A. Smith is Professor of Psychology and
Department Chair at Lamar University. His professional work focuses
on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Smith is a Fellow of
Divisions 1 and 2 of the American Psychological Association and has
served as Editor of Teaching of Psychology from 1997. He has
authored or edited four previous books, as well as many articles,
chapters, and presentations.