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Using Controversial Issues to Encourage Active Participation and Critical Thinking in the Classroom.
Peer reviewedGarland, Daniel J. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes a teaching/learning technique that emphasizes a dialogue approach to critical thinking and learning in the classroom, by using a point-counterpoint procedures to examine open-ended, controversial psychological issues from at least two opposing perspectives. The course teaches students to examine and evaluate information from opposing…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedAnthes, Susan H.; Crowe, Lawson – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes and compares freshman/sophomore level courses offered collaboratively by a professor and a librarian at the University of Colorado, Boulder: "The Human Encounter with Alcohol" and "Bioethics." Considers course rationale, topics, and assignments; methods used to integrate subject matter with bibliographic research strategies; and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Course Objectives
