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35th International Conference - Online Sessions


The 35th International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform

Now Offering Select Live Online Sessions via GoToWebinar

 

Join us online at the conference!

Available Online Sessions:

 

July 25 th – 26 th

·       Bringing Critical Thinking into the Heart of Teaching & Learning

Presented By Dr. Linda Elder

 

July 27 th

·       Helping Students Come to Understand Content as a Mode of Thinking

Presented By Dr. Gerald Nosich

 

July 28 th

·       Employing Socratic Questioning as a Means to Cultivating the Intellect & Freeing the Mind

Presented By Dr. Gerald Nosich

 

July 30 th

·       Understanding the Inherent Barriers to Freedom of Thought and the Emancipated Mind

Presented By Dr. Linda Elder

 

Additional Information:

 

·       Invitations to join the conference sessions will be sent out 48 hours prior to the session start date, at this time you will be required to provide GoToWebinar with your name and a valid email address where the link to the session will be sent.

 

·       Session materials will be sent out prior to the conference start date.   Please provide a valid shipping address during the checkout process so that we can ensure these materials reach you.

 

·       Session pricing is based upon the time in hours that each session will run.

 

·       A stable Internet connection is recommended for an optimal learning experience.

 

Please send all questions regarding these online sessions to: ellingson@criticalthinking.org




Please do not pass this message by.

CRITICAL THINKING IS AT RISK.

Here are some of the big reasons why:

  1. Many people believe that critical thinking should be free and that scholars qualified to teach critical thinking should do so for free. Accordingly, they do not think they should have to pay for critical thinking textbooks, courses, or other resources when there is "so much free material online" - despite how erroneous that material may be.
  2. There are many misguided academicians, and some outright charlatans, pushing forth and capitalizing on a pseudo-, partial, or otherwise impoverished concept of critical thinking.
  3. Little to no funding is designated for critical thinking professional development in schools, colleges, or universities, despite the lip service widely given to critical thinking (as is frequently found in mission statements).
  4. Most people, including faculty, think they already know what critical thinking is, despite how few have studied it to any significant degree, and despite how few can articulate a coherent, accurate, and sufficiently deep explanation of it.
  5. People rarely exhibit the necessary level of discipline to study and use critical thinking for reaching higher levels of self-actualization. In part, this is due to wasting intellectual and emotional energy on fruitless electronic entertainment designed to be addictive and profitable rather than educational and uplifting.
  6. On the whole, fairminded critical thinking is neither understood, fostered, nor valued in educational institutions or societies.
  7. People are increasingly able to cluster themselves with others of like mind through alluring internet platforms that enable them to validate one another's thinking - even when their reasoning is nonsensical, lopsided, prejudiced, or even dangerous.
  8. Critical thinking does not yet hold an independent place in academia. Instead, "critical thinking" is continually being "defined" and redefined according to any academic area or instructor that, claiming (frequently unsupported) expertise, steps forward to teach it.

As you see, increasingly powerful trends against the teaching, learning, and practice of critical thinking entail extraordinary challenges to our mission. To continue our work, we must now rely upon your financial support. If critical thinking matters to you, please click here to contribute what you can today.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE OUR WORK.

Thank you for your support of ethical critical thinking.