Engaging ideas
Subtitle: the professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom
By: John C. Bean
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780470532904
Subjects: Critical thinking; Academic writing; Study and teaching; EDUCATION / Higher
Description: "Engaging Ideas, Second Edition is a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. Integrating critical thinking with writing-across-the-curriculum approaches, the book shows how teachers from any discipline can incorporate these activities into their courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate. This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.