Teacher's Handbook Manual for Critical Thinking for Children

Description: Teacher's Handbook Manual for Critical Thinking for Children (children’s mini-guide) Spiral-bound – PART ONE January 1, 2003 by Linda Elder (Author) Teacher's Handbook Manual for Critical Thinking for Children Spiral-bound – PART TWO January 1, 2010 by Suzanne Borman and Joel Levine (Author) Author: Dr. Linda Elder Publisher: Foundation for Critical Thinking Pages: 61 Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11" One of our most popular publications, this Teacher’s manual provides teachers with instructional strategies for using The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children. It includes the following: The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, a resource that briefly introduces teachers to the critical thinking concepts and theory they need to effectively teach children to improve their thinking and learning. One copy of The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children. Suggestions for using The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children and teaching basic critical thinking concepts. “Think for Yourself” (TFY) activities for children which help them internalize critical thinking concepts. If your children are at the k–2 level or have reading difficulties, you can use the exercises as idea generators for verbally teaching the concepts. Additional Information About: Teacher’s Manual for the Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children All of the ideas in this manual have been used with elementary students. Ideally children will have their own copy of The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children. As you use this mini-guide on a daily basis in your classes, children will begin to internalize critical thinking concepts and develop their reasoning abilities. Included in the Teacher’s Manual are strategies for using the masks of Fairminded Fran, Naïve Nancy, and Selfish Sam. These characters can be used in helping children distinguish between skilled and unskilled thinking, as well as fair and unfair thinking. One of our most popular publications, this Teacher’s manual provides teachers with instructional strategies for using The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children. It includes the The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, a resource that briefly introduces teachers to the critical thinking concepts and theory they need to effectively teach children to improve their thinking and learning. One copy of The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children. Suggestions for using The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children and teaching basic critical thinking concepts. “Think for Yourself” (TFY) activities for children which help them internalize critical thinking concepts. If your children are at the k–2 level or have reading difficulties, you can use the exercises as idea generators for verbally teaching the concepts. Contents: Thirty-Five Dimensions of Critical Thought Part One: Fictional Characters That Help Children Understand Critical Thinking Introduction: Meet Naïve Nancy, Selfish Sam, and Fairminded Fran A Critical Reading Format Role Playing Naïve Nancy, Selfish Sam, Fairminded Fran Part Two: Part Two: Fair and Unfair Thinking Introducing Fair/Unfair Thinking Using Journal Entries Product details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Foundation for Critical Thinki (January 1, 2010) Language ‏ : ‎ English Spiral-bound ‏ : ‎ 72 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0944583431 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0944583432 This handbook is designed for teachers who want to foster fairminded critical thinking in instruction. The ideas in this handbook should not be considered an "add on," another set of procedures and activities to do in the classroom. In other words, the ideas, concepts, and strategies presented in this Handbook are not something you add to your curriculum. Rather, they provide you and your students with intellectual tools that apply to the learning of all academic subjects. They apply to all learning activities. Once you have grasped the theory of critical thinking, you will find that it is relevant to everything you do in the classroom-to all of your content and instructional activities, and to all classroom management issues and student interactions. The intellectual tools to which you will beintroduced in this Handbook come from the work of Richard Paul and Linda Elder andare designed to foster fairminded critical thinking. This Handbook is designed to be usedin conjunction with The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children Think For Yourself Activities For Children: TFY #3: When Are You Fair? When Are You Unfair? TFY #4: Thinking About When I Am Fair and Unfair - Journal Entry Format

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