Using the Social Studies Textbook to Teach Critical Thinking.

Wright, Ian

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ERIC Number: EJ525302

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Publication Date: 1996

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Using the Social Studies Textbook to Teach Critical Thinking.

Wright, Ian

Canadian Social Studies, v30 n2 p68-71,82 Win 1996

Considers the ubiquitous use of textbooks in social studies classrooms and recommends constructing critical-thinking exercises revealing textual bias. Suggested exercises concern issues of emotional or ambiguous language, geographic and cultural inclusion/exclusion, and accuracy of data. Includes several examples of critical-thinking activities. (MJP)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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