Critical Thinking and Communications in Practice

Critical thinking, encompassing the processes of §deductive and inductive reasoning, analysis of §arguments, and evaluation, is now a much more §important component of a superior §education. This book is designed to help readers§acquire some of the skills either in or outside of a §classroom. In this book, critical thinking is §defined in its broadest sense. It includes not only §those subjects that are often taught in an §elementary-level philosophy or composition course §such as logic and analysis of arguments, but also §subjects such as effective listening, oral and §written communications, teaming, metacognition, §creative thinking, and information literacy. The §chapters are arranged into three sections: critical §thinking, communications, and a personal §critical thinking plan. The critical §thinking section contains chapters on logic, §developing and analyzing arguments, information §literacy, and creative thinking. The communications §section covers vocabulary, writing, speaking, §listening and team skills. The last section is §dedicated to helping the reader develop a critical §thinking plan.