Education by Criticism.

Tanner, Stephen L.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Education by Criticism.

Tanner, Stephen L.

English Journal, v75 n6 p22-26 Oct 1986

Argues that students should exercise criticism in the classroom, but this criticism should not take the form of mere training in technical skills, indoctrination into a particular conceptual system, or theoretical speculation ungrounded in reality. (SRT)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, English Instruction, Humanities Instruction, Learning Processes, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Logical Thinking, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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