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  • 1.  critical thinking textbooks

    Posted 07-23-2010 09:54
    Hello all,

    I am interested in identifying textbooks for a critical thinking course offered to freshmen business students. The official title is Critical Thinking for Consumer Decision-Making. One of the books I identified is Critical Thinking from the Crisp 50-Minute series. (This series is oriented toward professional development.) Does anyone have experience with this series or this particular book? Any thoughts as to how it might work with college students?

    Any experience with Schoenberg's Critical Thinking in Business text?

    Thanks for your help!

    Margaret (Peg) Williams

    Professor and Chair, Management and Information Systems
    School of Business Administration
    Wayne State University
    5201 Cass Ave, 300 Prentis Building
    Detroit, MI 48202

    E-mail: Margaret.L.Williams@wayne.edu
    Telephone: 313-577-8598
    Fax: 313-577-5486

    President, Southern Management Association


  • 2.  critical thinking textbooks

    Posted 07-23-2010 20:04
    Margaret,

    It is a great thing to see someone talk about actually teaching critical thinking! The most I hear is people who claim they do it in their classes, as they do cultural diversity, global issues, ethics, etc.! But I am not so sure about this! I a class I taught long ago as a unversity seminar type of experience, I used a workbook by Vincent Ryan Ruggero, "Critical Thinking." This is a supplement to "Becoming a Master Student," by David Ellis, and published by College Survival, Inc.

    I still use some of the materials from this book, even in more advanced classes. There is also a book by Stephen D. Brookfield (1988), "Developing Critical Thinkers: Challenging Adults to Explore Alternative Ways of Thinking and Acting." This is by Jossey-Bass. Also a good source.

    Thanks,

    Ivan

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco
    Department of Management
    McCoy College of Business Administration
    Texas State Univeristy - San Marcos
    San Marcos, TX 78666
    Voice (512) 245-1842 - Fax (512) 245-2850
    E-mail rb39@txstate.edu

    "Las naciones marchan hacia el término de su grandeza, con el mismo paso que camina su educación."
    "Nations march toward their greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve." -- Simon Bolivar
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    Subject: [OB-LIST] critical thinking textbooks

    Hello all,

    I am interested in identifying textbooks for a critical thinking course offered to freshmen business students. The official title is Critical Thinking for Consumer Decision-Making. One of the books I identified is Critical Thinking from the Crisp 50-Minute series. (This series is oriented toward professional development.) Does anyone have experience with this series or this particular book? Any thoughts as to how it might work with college students?

    Any experience with Schoenberg's Critical Thinking in Business text?

    Thanks for your help!

    Margaret (Peg) Williams

    Professor and Chair, Management and Information Systems
    School of Business Administration
    Wayne State University
    5201 Cass Ave, 300 Prentis Building
    Detroit, MI 48202

    E-mail: Margaret.L.Williams@wayne.edu
    Telephone: 313-577-8598
    Fax: 313-577-5486

    President, Southern Management Association


  • 3.  critical thinking textbooks

    Posted 07-24-2010 10:12
    Margaret,

    This link may be helpful to you: http://www.criticalthinking.org/


    Bob Renn

    Robert W. Renn, Ph.D.
    Department of Management
    Fogelman College of Business and Economics
    University of Memphis
    Memphis, TN 38152
    Voice: 901-678-2886
    Dept.: 901-678-4551
    FAX : 901-678-4990
    ________________________________________
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Margaret L Williams [eh4292@WAYNE.EDU]
    Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 8:53 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] critical thinking textbooks

    Hello all,

    I am interested in identifying textbooks for a critical thinking course offered to freshmen business students. The official title is Critical Thinking for Consumer Decision-Making. One of the books I identified is Critical Thinking from the Crisp 50-Minute series. (This series is oriented toward professional development.) Does anyone have experience with this series or this particular book? Any thoughts as to how it might work with college students?

    Any experience with Schoenberg's Critical Thinking in Business text?

    Thanks for your help!

    Margaret (Peg) Williams

    Professor and Chair, Management and Information Systems
    School of Business Administration
    Wayne State University
    5201 Cass Ave, 300 Prentis Building
    Detroit, MI 48202

    E-mail: Margaret.L.Williams@wayne.edu
    Telephone: 313-577-8598
    Fax: 313-577-5486

    President, Southern Management Association