This site offers resources on teaching critical thinking: explore the entire site and focus on Resources-workshop materials. http://www.stephenbrookfield.com/ About Dr. Stephen D. Brookfield: he is the Distinguished University Professor and John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. He has written, co-written or edited […]
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Students can choose one or several of the following articles and videos on happiness to answer the questions below: 1. What are the main points of the article/ video? 2. How did the article/ video change or challenge your thinking about the nature of happiness? 3. Based on what you read […]
Assignment: Write your thoughts about the article in a double-entry format. Refer to at least five specific details (could be direct quotes). Fill each box on the right-hand side. When in doubt, write more.
“Abstract I’ve been teaching critical thinking for many years, and I’ve developed a short, free, Creative Commons-licensed text that’s useful for a brief (maybe 3 week?) critical thinking section in any intro philosophy or composition course (or really, just about any course; it’s been used at my college by professors […]
Visit BMCC Library-Video Databases-SWANK Digital Campus. Create an account if you don’t already have one (students can do the same if you assign the movie as homework). Select a movie that features morality, complex decisions, etc. A few suggestions: “Barbara,” “The Return.” Critique the movie in the context of CRT […]
This is a Prezi presentation on Perry’s stages of cognitive development, with movie clips as examples. A possible framework for discussing morality. https://prezi.com/1cmm76suwcb1/perrys-stages-of-cognitive-development/
How can we make ethical decisions? “In this TEDx talk Dr. Michael D. Burroughs discusses the numerous kinds of ethical issues we face, possibilities for increasing our ethical awareness as ‘everyday ethicists,’ and the importance of introducing ethics and philosophical education in our schools.”
Students can take the quiz at home and come to class prepared to share their results with a partner, or write a reflection about their experience of taking the quiz and about the results. As a follow-up activity, students can create a morality quiz in class, in groups, and then […]
What would you do? How do we make moral decisions? This video introduces the famous Trolley Problem. A follow-up activity: class discussion, and students can come up with an updated version of the Trolley Problem.
In this Wireless Philosophy video, Geoff Pynn (Northern Illinois) discusses deductive arguments. Follow-up activity: 1)Define a deductive argument in your own words, 2) Provide an original example of a deductive argument, 3) State if it’s valid or invalid, 4) Explain your answer
