"This book explores the effective methods and tools being used to integrate the development of critical thinking skills in both undergraduate and graduate studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Ancient thinking and modern challenges: socratic education in the 21st century / Frank Giuseffi, Missouri Military Academy, USA -- Critical thinking and character / Dana Delibovi, Lindenwood University, USA -- Critical thinking, socratic seminars, and the college classroom / John D. Long, Lindenwood University, USA -- The erosion of critical thinking development in post-secondary education : the need to return to liberal education / Michael Robert Hepner, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, USA -- Critical thinking skills in virtual learning environments / Julie M. Little, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA, Charles R. Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA -- Developing an assessment program to measure critical thinking : a case study at a small, online college / Caulyne N. Barron, Dunlap-Stone University, USA -- University teachers' interactions with their online students at an australian university / Shamsul Arifeen Khan Mamun, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia, Patrick Alan Danaher, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia -- / academic service-learning as a pedagogical tool and strategy: promoting critical thinking among pre-service teachers / Estanislado Salazar Barrera, IV, Louisiana State University, USA, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Louisiana State University, USA -- Developing meaning-making to promote critical thinking / Sarah E. Schoper, Western Illinois University, USA, Craig E. Wagner, Buena Vista University, USA -- Mapping problems to solutions: logic modeling in a graduate teacher leadership course / Tara Shepperson, Eastern Kentucky University, USA -- April blakely, eastern kentucky university, usa -- Teaching critical thinking and the role of team teaching / Stephen D. Brookfield, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA -- Watching tv news : should we approach it like reality tv? / Joseph A. Cernik, Lindenwood University -- Critical thinking as a multifaceted phenomenon : a scheme of interdisciplinary research platform / Mária Bednáriková, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia -- Interdisciplinary perceptions : academic acculturation and a pathway to improved critical thinking / Donna M Velliaris, Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology, Australia -- Developing critical thinking in doctoral students : issues and solutions / Peter Smith, University of Sunderland, UK -- Faculty support and guidance for doctoral candidates : promotion of critical thinking / Sherrie L Wisdom, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USA -- Globalization, cross border education, and student migration : determining student institutional choice factors / Ryan Vance Guffey, Lindenwood University, USA -- The japanese tertiary education system and its impact on economic conditions from 2000 to 2010: human capital formation / Erin Kalkbrenner, Lindenwood University, USA -- Naia to ncaa d-ii sports transition: a three year university case study / Sherrie L. Wisdom, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USA, Graham Weir, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USA -- Compilation of references -- About the contributors -- Index.