This is a tentative journal of a Critical Thinking course’s first-time instructor. I embrace this new journey with commitment and passion hoping to transform the excitement (and anxiety) of novelty into chances for pedagogical experimentation and betterment. Over the course of the semester I will try to expose my reasoning behind class design and activities. […]
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Thinking About Our Final Assignment
In that my course is about critical thinking, I have sought to come up with assignments that can prompt students to both apply what they’ve learned so far in class, as well as to question their own thinking and assumptions about the world. The final assignment for our class is a short essay, two to […]