Foundation for Critical Thinking
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The Foundation for Critical Thinking and The Center for Critical Thinking
and Moral Critique are two sister educational non-profit organization
s that work together to promote change in education
and society
through the cultivation of critical thinking
. They are based in Dillon Beach, California
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The Foundation argues that critical thinking entails self-reflection and openmindedness
, which are the keys to significant changes, and that a rich intellectual environment is possible only with critical thinking at the foundation of the educational process. It advocates educational and social reform based on critical thinking as well as developing and building practical alternatives.
.
, the National Education Association
, the United States Department of Education
, and numerous colleges, universities, and school districts to facilitate the implementation of critical thinking instruction focused on intellectual standards.
Center for Critical Thinking
The Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique conducts advanced research and disseminates information on critical thinking.Each year it sponsors, along with the Foundation for Critical Thinking an annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform. It has worked with...
and Moral Critique are two sister educational non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
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s that work together to promote change in education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
and society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
through the cultivation of critical thinking
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is the process or method of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false. The origins of critical thinking can be traced in Western thought to the Socratic...
. They are based in Dillon Beach, California
Dillon Beach, California
Dillon Beach is a census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. Dillon Beach is located west of Tomales, at an elevation of 89 feet . The population was 283 at the 2010 census...
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The Foundation argues that critical thinking entails self-reflection and openmindedness
Open Mind
Open Mind may refer to:* Open Mind , 1984 album by Jean-Luc Ponty* Open Mind , American Champion racehorse* Keep Your Mind Wide Open, a 2007 song by AnnaSophia Robb* The Open Mind, a long-running public affairs talk show...
, which are the keys to significant changes, and that a rich intellectual environment is possible only with critical thinking at the foundation of the educational process. It advocates educational and social reform based on critical thinking as well as developing and building practical alternatives.
Organizations
The work of the Foundation is to integrate the Center's research and theoretical developments, and to create events and resources designed to help educators improve their instruction. Materials developed through the Foundation For Critical Thinking include books, thinker's guides, videos, and other teaching and learning resources. The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking sponsor an annual International Critical Thinking Conference as well as advanced academies and international academies in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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The Center for Critical Thinking
The Center conducts advanced research and disseminates information on critical thinking. It has worked with the College BoardCollege Board
The College Board is a membership association in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It is composed of more than 5,900 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. It sells standardized tests used by academically oriented...
, the National Education Association
National Education Association
The National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...
, the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, and numerous colleges, universities, and school districts to facilitate the implementation of critical thinking instruction focused on intellectual standards.