Publications and Online Subscriptions
Two features distinguish our publications from other resources that support critical thinking:
A content-embedded approach
Critical thinking is neither a curriculum add-on, nor a generic set of skills or processes that can be developed independently of content and context. Our embedded approach to critical thinking presents “critical challenges” that invite students to think about and with the content of the curriculum.
Teaching the tools
A major impediment to effective critical thinking is students’™ incomplete mastery of the strategies, concepts, habits of mind and other intellectual resources needed to carefully think through an assigned task. For this reason, we identify the critical thinking “tools” needed to respond competently to every challenge we present and our suggested activities detail how each of these tools can be taught and assessed.
Our collection of publications include:
Coursepacs
Coursepacs is a comprehensive digital resource containing detailed lesson overviews, ready-to-use student booklets and interactve visual displays for use with Smartboard technology. It provides teaches with effective tools to engage students in critical thinking as they develop understanding of the prescribed subject matter.
Critically Acclaimed Resources
A collection of resources that have been developed by other publishers and provide valuable support for teachers in promoting critical thinking.
Critical Challenges Across the Curriculum series
Series of resources focussed on infusing critical thinking into the teaching matter at various grade levels.
Critical Challenges in Law and Government series
Series of resources supporting students in thinking critically about the operations and policies of various levels of government.
Investigating Images
This resource features nine activities to help students interpret the explicit content of images, read behind images and challenge images to better understand historical and contemporary times and places. It includes teaching instructions, reproducible data charts, and assessment rubrics.
Pivotal Voices
This series offers a new approach to teaching history. It recognizes there is no one story for most historical events, but rather differing accounts depending upon whose story is being told.
Tools for Critical Inquiry
Series of resources to address the “tools” required to think critically about the study of various subject matter.
Tools for Thought
Tools for Thought is a continuously updated collection of critical thinking resources featuring literacy strategies and inquiry investigations. Tools for Thought helps students master a repertoire of thinking concepts and strategies to improve their success in school and their ability to think critically about a variety of topics.
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Comments from our reviewers:
“This is a great resource package!”
“The everyday thinking will be subtle but convincing reminder that the dialogue about the thinking concepts must be ongoing … nice nudge.”
“Your books are fabulous and I can’t wait to challenge the developing
minds in my classroom!”
- Student teacher, Simon Fraser University
