Richard Burrill
Published: 2019
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Critical Thinking Enablers (CTE) is a "sweet sixteen" course package (see Table of Contents) with very much needed critical thinking skills. In a future that will require better skills at sorting out facts from fiction, this work is very relevant and needed. Simply put, and to borrow a little from writer Ernest Hemingway as explained, this syllabus is a vehicle for forming your own, "built-in, shock proof crap detector."Begins with a challenge test of critical thinking teasers (i.e., surprise pictures) that show how unseeing human eyes can be. Making statements of appreciation about others in your group, are encouraged throughout the sessions, by introducing "sentence starters." "I liked it when . . . ." "I admire you for . . . ." Occasionally, I have had students respond with sincere remarks that makes teaching CTEs, very worth while: ¿ "Wow! I realize now how this course is all about getting your head together!" (Unnamed student)¿ "Thank you Robert, for telling me you benefited when I gave examples of primary sources that made sense to you. You made it meaningful for everyone, too."Special Issue Number 1 77 pages, 69 illustrations, Bibliography + Dictionary of Terms. Index finder's aid may be retrieved on the website. Retail $20.