Teaching Thinking Skills

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Teaching Thinking Skills by Steve Johnson was initially published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain in 2000. In this new edition, Johnson has updated his argument, Harvey Siegel has contributed a counter-argument and Christopher Winch has provided a foreword and afterword drawing the debates together. The issues debated in this new edition of Teaching Thinking Skills include: Do thinking skills exist? What are the aims of education? Can thinking skill be taught? Are thinking skills transferable? Teaching Thinking Skills raises issues not only for those concerned with thinking skills per se but more broadly for those concerned with the role of thinking in professional and vocational activities and with the extent to which abilities are broad or narrow, transferable or non-transferable.

Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King's College London, UK. Stephen Johnson lectures in law at North Warwickshire College, UK. He has taught across all sectors, including in primary and secondary schools and sixth form colleges. Harvey Siegel is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, USA. Christopher Winch is Professor of Educational Philosophy and Policy at King's College London, UK.

A significant and stimulating contribution to the philosophical literature on critical thinking with an important bearing on educational policy and practice. * William Hare, Professor Emeritus, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada * 'Timely and welcome; I recommend this to all interested in this important contemporary educational issue.' David Carr, Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Edinburgh, UK -- Professor David Carr