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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
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Critical thinking -- Study and teaching.