Controversy and Critical Thinking Involving African-American Families

Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 24 (1-2):13-19 (2004)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a classroom exercise and corresponding discussion for educators to use when teaching critical thinking skills to undergraduate students. The exercise involves applying critical thinking conccpts/questions offered by Browne and Keeley (2004) to a contemporary discussion about parenting issues among some African-American families. Comments by Dr. Bill Cosby have spurred debate about the parenting skills of some lower-income African-American parents. This article offers a classroom-based exercise that may be used to help undergraduate students develop critical thinking that are useful in engaging in productive discourse in issues of importance.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

ISBN(s)

10931082

DOI

10.5840/inquiryctnews2004/2005241/222

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 92,907

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Re/Thinking Critical Thinking: The Seductions of Everyday Life.Kal Alston - 2001 - Studies in Philosophy and Education 20 (1):27-40.
Integrating Critical Thinking into Daily Life.Steve Cady - 2004 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 23 (3):33-36.
Critical Thinking and Emotional Well-Being.Claude Gratton - 2001 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 20 (3):39-51.
Critical Thinking in the Literature Classroom, Part I: Making Critical Thinking Visible.Amanda Hiner - 2013 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 28 (1):26-35.
Conflicting Logics in Teaching Critical Thinking.Yoram Harpaz - 2010 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 25 (2):5-17.
12 Angry Men.Joel W. Lidz - 1995 - Teaching Philosophy 18 (3):251-255.
Academic Freedom, Critical Thinking and Teaching Ethics.Daniel E. Lee - 2006 - Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 5 (2):199-208.
Nurturing the Relational Promise of Critical Thinking.M. Neil Browne & Michelle Crosby - 2004 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 23 (3):23-26.
Critical Thinking.Ana M. Nieto & Carlos Saiz - 2010 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 25 (2):19-26.
Understanding the Challenge of Creativity among African Americans.Alexinia Young Baldwin - 2003 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 22 (3):13-18.
Critical Thinking.Robert Ennis - 2011 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 26 (2):5-19.
Assessing Teaching Critical Thinking with Validated Critical Thinking Inventories: The Learning Critical Thinking Inventory (LCTI) and the Teaching Critical Thinking Inventory.Michiel A. van Zyl, Cathy L. Bays & Cheryl Gilchrist - 2013 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 28 (3):40-50.
Transforming a Content-driven Chemistry Course to One Focused on Critical Thinking Skills Without Sacrificing Any Content.Ann van Heerden - 2011 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 26 (2):31-36.
An Assessment of Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Guided by the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework.Patricia A. Ralston, Anne E. Larson & Cathy L. Bays - 2011 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 26 (3):25-32.
Critical Thinking.Robert Ennis - 2011 - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines 26 (1):4-18.

Analytics

Added to PP
2011-12-02

Downloads
18 (#855,749)

6 months
2 (#1,250,897)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references