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Daily Schedule for 37th Annual International Conference

 

37th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking

Tentative Daily Schedule
July 31 – August 4, 2017 

Monday: Conference Day One 

7:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.         Registration & Check-In

8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.       Opening Ceremony

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.     Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.     Day One Focal Sessions Begin

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.       Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.         Focal Sessions Continue

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.         Break

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.         Focal Sessions Continue

Tuesday: Conference Day Two

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.       Day Two Morning Focal Sessions Begin

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.     Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.     Focal Sessions Continue

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.       Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.         Day Two Afternoon Focal Sessions Begin

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.         Break

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.         Focal Sessions Continue

Wednesday: Conference Day Three

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.       Concurrent Sessions I

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.     Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.     Professional Development discussions with FCT Fellows and Scholars

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.       Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.         Day Three Focal Sessions Begin

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.         Break

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.         Focal Sessions Continue

Thursday: Conference Day Four

Choose Concurrent Sessions from the Conference Program upon arrival 

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.          Concurrent Sessions II

9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.        Concurrent Sessions III

10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.      Break

10:55 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.      Concurrent Sessions IV

11:55 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.        Lunch

1:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.          Roundtable Discussions

2:35 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.          Break

2:50 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.          Day Four Focal Sessions

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.          Evening Social for All Registrants

Friday: Conference Day Five

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.        Day Five Focal Sessions

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.      Break

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.      Closing Session

 




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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.