Thinking Ahead: Engaging All Teachers in Critical Thinking - Paperback

by Paul A. Wagner (Author), Daphne Johnson (Author), Frank Fair (Author)

This book addresses a very important aspect of teacher training, as well as the training of educational administrators, school counselors and other educational allied professionals, an aspect that is too often overlooked. That aspect is role modeling a deliberative mind. A deliberative mind is one filled with wonderment and eagerness to learn. We introduce educational professionals to systematic pondering and large-scale wonderment.

Author Biography

Dr. Paul Wagner is author of half a dozen books and over 100 publications. Senior Ranking Professor, College of Education, University of Houston-Clear Lake. Has held senior office in several national professional organizations.

Dr. Daphne Johnson teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Education at Sam Houston State University. She brought Project Based Learning to the Education courses at Sam Houston State, increasing critical thinking amongst the teacher candidates.

Dr. Frank Fair taught philosophy for many years at Sam Houston State University and started one of the first Critical Thinking courses in the country there. He served as Managing Editor of the journal INQUIRY: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines from 2010 to 2017.

Dr. Daniel Fasko, a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society, is a Professor of Educational Psychology, at Bowling Green State University where he teaches educational psychology and life-span development. His research interests are in critical and creative thinking, and moral reasoning and education.