Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing: A Rhetoric With Readings - Couverture souple

Chaffee PH.D., John; McMahon, Christine; Stout, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 049589978X ISBN 13 : 9780495899785

Editeur : Cengage Learning, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Chaffee John McMahon Christine Stout Barbara

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

John Chaffee, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at The City University of New York, where he has developed a Philosophy and Critical Thinking program that annually involves 25 faculty and 3,000 students. He is a nationally recognized figure in the area of critical thinking, having authored leading textbooks and many professional articles. He also has conducted numerous conference presentations and workshops throughout the country. In developing programs to teach people to think more effectively in all academic subjects and areas of life, Dr. Chaffee has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ford Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He was selected as New York Educator of the Year and received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Diversity in Teaching in Higher Education.

Christine McMahon was a professor in the Department of English Composition, Literature, and Professional Writing at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. She planned and coordinated "Critical Literacy," a professional development program for Montgomery College faculty, librarians, and counselors on educational theory and techniques for fostering critical thinking across the curriculum. In 1997, she received a NISOD Excellence Award (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development from the University of Texas at Austin) for this work. Her work has been published in Teaching Writing in the Two-Year College.

Barbara Stout was professor of English at Montgomery College. She was chairperson of the Department of English and helped establish the "Writing Across the Curriculum" and "Critical Literacy" programs. Professor Stout was secretary of the Conference on College Composition and Communication and is active in the Two-Year College English Association. She has made presentations at CCCC, TYCA-Northeast, NCTE, and other conferences. Her publications include chapters in NCTE publications and books about two-year college writing programs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cengage Learning
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 049589978X
• ISBN 13: 9780495899785
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 628
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• Personne responsable: non disponible