rightwingprof
2008-06-21 13:02:18
I’m late to this, but I might point out that it hasn’t been that long ago that “critical thinking” meant teaching logical fallacies, syllogisms, and rhetoric. It changed, only over the last couple of decades, starting when the idea that teaching logic was (I kid you not) cultural imperialism, and the relativization of reality came soon after. The university writing program provides tutors to departments, for students who need help. Over the last few years I taught, we had more and more trouble with the tutors, who would argue with us that there is no “correct” answer, and we should rather place emphasis on the student’s creativity. It drove us to distraction.
