Teaching Thinking Skills

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Considers the philosophical debates surrounding the existance, teaching and transferability of thinking skills.

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Series Editor's Preface - Key Debates in Educational Policy	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
The policy background in the United Kingdom	p. xiv
Teaching Thinking Skills	p. 1
The argument	p. 1
Present interest in thinking skills	p. 2
Thinking as a skill	p. 7
General transferability	p. 13
Conceptual errors	p. 20
The direct teaching of thinking and the importance of content	p. 25
Thinking as mental processes	p. 28
Examples of general thinking skills	p. 32
The dangers	p. 36
Conclusion	p. 42
References	p. 47
On Thinking Skills	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Problems with thinking of thinking as a skill	p. 54
'The myth of general transferability'	p. 61
The 'direct' teaching of thinking and content/subject matter knowledge	p. 75
Mental processes and general thinking skills	p. 78
The educational dangers of thinking of thinking in terms of skills	p. 80
Conclusion	p. 82
References	p. 83
Further reading	p. 84
Afterword	p. 85
Skills	p. 88
Skills and transferability	p. 96
The question of efficacy	p. 101
What is thinking?	p. 103
Mental processes	p. 104
A summary of Johnson's claims	p. 107
Reasoning	p. 109
The role of philosophy	p. 112
Reason and argument	p. 113
Inductive arguments	p. 120
Concluding remarks	p. 122
References	p. 123
Index	p. 125
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