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Engaging ideas : the professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom / John C. Bean.

Bean, John C. (Author).

Summary:

"Engaging Ideas, Second Edition is a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. Integrating critical thinking with writing-across-the-curriculum approaches, the book shows how teachers from any discipline can incorporate these activities into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780470532904 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0470532904 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxi, 360 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
  • Edition: 2nd ed.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-352) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Using writing to promote thinking : a busy professor's guide to the whole book -- How writing is related to critical thinking -- Helping writers think rhetorically -- Using a range of genres to extend critical thinking and deepen learning -- Dealing with issues of grammar and correctness -- Formal writing assignments -- Informal, exploratory writing activities -- Designing tasks to promote active thinking and learning -- Helping students read difficult texts -- Using small groups to coach thinking and teach disciplinary argument -- Bringing more critical thinking into lectures and discussions -- Enhancing learning and critical thinking in essay exams -- Designing and sequencing assignments to teach undergraduate research -- Using rubrics to develop and apply grading criteria -- Coaching the writing process and handling the paper load -- Writing comments on students' papers.
Subject: Critical thinking > Study and teaching.
Academic writing > Study and teaching.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library PE 1404 B35 2011 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001532977 General Volume hold Available -

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24510. ‡aEngaging ideas : ‡bthe professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom / ‡cJohn C. Bean.
24630. ‡aProfessor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom
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260 . ‡aSan Francisco : ‡bJossey-Bass, ‡cc2011.
300 . ‡axxi, 360 p. : ‡bill. ; ‡c29 cm.
4901 . ‡aThe Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
4901 . ‡a[Teaching and learning]
505 . ‡aUsing writing to promote thinking : a busy professor's guide to the whole book -- How writing is related to critical thinking -- Helping writers think rhetorically -- Using a range of genres to extend critical thinking and deepen learning -- Dealing with issues of grammar and correctness -- Formal writing assignments -- Informal, exploratory writing activities -- Designing tasks to promote active thinking and learning -- Helping students read difficult texts -- Using small groups to coach thinking and teach disciplinary argument -- Bringing more critical thinking into lectures and discussions -- Enhancing learning and critical thinking in essay exams -- Designing and sequencing assignments to teach undergraduate research -- Using rubrics to develop and apply grading criteria -- Coaching the writing process and handling the paper load -- Writing comments on students' papers.
520 . ‡a"Engaging Ideas, Second Edition is a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. Integrating critical thinking with writing-across-the-curriculum approaches, the book shows how teachers from any discipline can incorporate these activities into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-352) and index.
595 . ‡aCamosun Creates collection. ‡5BVIC
595 . ‡aCamosun affiliated author. ‡5BVIC
650 0. ‡aCritical thinking ‡xStudy and teaching.
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830 0. ‡aJossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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