Engaging ideas : the professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom

Type

Book

Authors

John C. Bean

ISBN 10

0470532904

ISBN 13

9780470532904

Tags

Critical thinking -- Study and teaching, Academic writing -- Study and teaching

Description

A practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. Integrating critical thinking with writing-across-the-curriculum approaches, the book shows how teachers from any discipline can incorporate these activities into their course. This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues.

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