Anna Rosenqvist is a certified teacher, educated in Montessori pedagogy, and has a Master's degree in educational leadership. She created a school subject that put source criticism on the schedule, and the result of that work is included in this book. After living in Shanghai for three years and working as lecturer at Shanghai International Studies University, she has now moved back to Sweden where she works as a Script Writer and Learning Expert at the private industry.
Stefan Ekecrantz is an Associate professor in Pedagogy and Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research focuses on students' critical thinking. He has a Ph.D. in History and has taught source criticism at all levels in higher education.
Introduction (p. 8)
What is critical thinking? (p 14)
Between blind belief in authorities and naive/selective skepticism.
What is it that is analyzed critically? (p. 25)
Subheadings: Claims about "how" and "why?"
Analysis of bias; Degrees of intentionality ¿ conscious and subconscious bias
Degrees of correctness
The relationship between source and question
The relationship between parts and whole; Reliable versus unreliable sources; Ignorance and lack of information
Psychological perspectives (p. 68)
Cognitive dissonance and critical thinking
Selective source criticism - Confirmation and myside bias
Critical thinking as trait.
Philosophical perspectives (p. 84)
Humes law - facts and values
Values first, training in critical thinking second
Does critical thinking have an ideological color?
Further reading ¿ literature on critical thinking (p. 98)