Critical Thinking Across Disciplines, Volumes 1 and 2

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-88734-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Medienkombination, Englisch, 579 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

This 2 volume set takes a multidisciplinary approach to critical thinking, drawing together leading experts from disciplines including psychology, philosophy, education, and creativity. Volume 1 stages a dialogue between disciplines to demonstrate how a multidisciplinary approach advances the theory and classroom practice of critical thinking. Volume 2 considers how we might best apply critical-thinking skills to meet challenges in our everyday lives. The book’s authors consider topics ranging from conspiracy beliefs, AI and bio-ethics, to multiculturalism, health communication and social justice. This compelling work offers fresh insights for students, scholars and those with a general interest in the application and development of critical thinking skills.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sternberg, Robert J.

Niu, Weihua

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1.- 1. Preface: Why a Handbook of Critical Thinking? - Robert J. Sternberg and Weihua Niu.- 2. The Puzzle of Myside Bias and Actively Open-Minded Thinking in the Conceptualization of Critical Thinking - Keith E. Stanovich.- 3. To Exploit Behavioral Science in the Public Interest, It Is Essential to Get Rid of Distinct Myths - Klaus Fiedler and Florian Scholten.- 4. Critical Thinking Informed by Folk Wisdom - Robert J. Sternberg and Weihua Niu.- 5. Are People Who Believe False Conspiracy Theories Thinking Critically? Implications for Citizenship in Democracies - Alan Bensley, Maria F. Rodrigo, Maria J. Bravo, and Kathleen Jocoy.- 6. The Forgotten Role of Self-Regulation in Critical Thinking: Conceptualising, Teaching and Overcoming Barriers to Critical Thinking in Real-World Settings - Christopher P. Dwyer and Heather A. Butler.- 7. Critical Thinking as the Key to Transformative Education in Schools - David Rott, Marcus Kohnen, and Christian Fischer.- 8. When We Love (or Hate) Ideas Too Much: Love (or Hate) of Ideas as Impediments to Critical Thinking - Robert J. Sternberg.- 9. Critical Thinking in Context - David Yun Dai.- 10. Critical Thinking: Do We Criticise Too Much? - Nicky Hayes.- 11. Critical Thinking in an Age of Hyper-Propaganda, Fraud, and Deception - Anthony R.  Pratkanis.- 12. Ten Strategies for Critical Thinking - Henry L. Roediger, III and Sarah N. Horne.- Volume 2.- 1. Teaching Critical Thinking in an Academic Minefield - Douglas A. Bernstein.- 2. Critical Thinking in the Age of Political Polarization - Wendy M. Williams, Randy T. Lee, Cory Clark, and Wynne Williams-Ceci.- 3. After the Fall: Challenges of Teaching Critical Thinking in Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Psychology - Dana S. Dunn and Suzanne C. Baker.- 4. Facilitator or Terminator? How Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Affect Critical Thinking and What We Can Do About It? - Weihua Niu.- 5. Critical Thinking: A Key Competency in the 21st Century to Deal with Uncertainty and Complexity - Joachim Funke.- 6. Critical Thinking in Contemporary and Future Societies - Séamus A. Power and Gabriel Velez.- 7. From Despair and Helplessness to Constructive Problem-Solving: Seeking Information Rather Than Letting it Find You - John Ruscio and Julie Abaci.- 8. Afterward - Arthur Graesser.- 9. Postscript: Three Final Tips for Encouraging Young People (and Older Ones too) to Think Critically - Robert J. Sternberg.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, USA, and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. Professor Sternberg is a Past President of the American Psychological Association, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology. He has also been president of four divisions of the American Psychological Association and Treasurer of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Professor Sternberg is a member of the US National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He has won over two dozen awards for his work, including the James McKeen Cattell Award (1999) and the William James Fellow Award (2017) from APS and the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2018). He is the author and editor of over 2000 publications including ,  (2020, edited with Diane F. Halpern). 

Weihua Niu is Professor of Psychology and the Director of Global Psychology at Pace University, USA. Professor Niu is recognized internationally for her cross-cultural research in creativity, intelligence, critical thinking, mathematical thinking and learning, learning difficulties, resilience, and social cognition, publishing more than 60 articles in English and Chinese in these areas, including two recent publications co-authored with her graduate students on the relationship between critical thinking and creativity (Park et al., 2021, 2023). She has received numerous awards and scholarships in Psychology, including the APA International Research Excellence Award and a fellowship from the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.