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Critical thinking as the key to the Learning College: A professional development model
Author(s) -
Elder Linda
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.194
Subject(s) - critical thinking , professional development , key (lock) , pedagogy , psychology , mathematics education , subject (documents) , faculty development , sociology , computer science , computer security , library science
Critical thinking is foundational to the effective teaching of any subject, and it must be at the heart of any professional development program. This chapter presents a long‐term professional development model based on a substantive concept of critical thinking, and ties critical thinking to the concept of the Learning College.