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Critical thinking for helping professionals : a skills-based workbook / Eileen Gambrill, Leonard Gibbs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gambrill, Eileen D., 1934-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Critical thinking.
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching.
- Professional employees--Decision making--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Professional employees.
- Decision making--Study and teaching.
- Decision making.
- Human services personnel--Decision making--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Human services personnel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- PART 1 CRITICAL THINKING: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT. Introduction: The Role of Critical Thinking in the Helping Professions. Exercise 1 Making Decisions About Intervention. Exercise 2 Reviewing Your Beliefs About Knowledge. PART 2 RECOGNIZING PROPAGANDA IN HUMAN SERVICES ADVERTISING. Exercise 3 Evaluating Human-Services Advertisements. Exercise 4 Does Scaring Youth Help Them ""Go Straight""?: Applying Principles of Reasoning, Inference, Decision Making, and Evaluation. PART 3 FALLACIES AND PITFALLS IN PROFESSIONAL DECISION MAKING. Exercise 5 Using the Professional Thinking Form. Exerc
- Contents:
- Contents; PART 1 INTRODUCTION: THE ROLE OF CRITICAL THINKING IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE; PART 2 RECOGNIZING PROPAGANDA IN HUMAN-SERVICES ADVERTISING: THE IMPORTANCE OF QUESTIONING CLAIMS; PART 3 FALLACIES AND PITFALLS IN PROFESSIONAL DECISION MAKING: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO AVOID THEM; PART 4 EVIDENCE-INFORMED DECISION MAKING; PART 5 CRITICALLY APPRAISING DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESEARCH; PART 6 REVIEWING DECISIONS; PART 7 IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL AND PRACTICE ENVIRONMENTS; Glossary; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-395) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045018-5
- 1-282-05372-8
- 9786612053726
- 0-19-971618-8
- OCLC:
- 352926098
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