CEOct15

=Everyone can think critically!= A Collaborative Exploration (CE) in which participants learn as much as possible about how critical thinking is presented and promoted by others. >> a) tangible: your entry to the "guidebook" envisaged in the scenario below, posted to http://bit.ly/CCRPgplus (with tag #601, which is the number of a course in which students are also undertaking this CE); and >> b) experiential: being impressed at how much can be learned with a small commitment of time using the CE structure to motivate and connect participants.
 * //**In brief, CEs are an extension of Problem- or Project-Based Learning**// (PBL) and related approaches to education in which participants address a scenario or case in which the problems are not well defined, shaping their own directions of inquiry and developing their skills as investigators and prospective teachers (in the broadest sense of the word). (For more background, read the prospectus.)
 * //**If you want to know what a CE requires of you**//, this CE is completely asynchronous. Simply pursue inquiries based on the scenario below on your own, then make posts and read posts that participants make to a public google+ community, http://bit.ly/CCRPgplus  (preferably in the period mid-October to mid-November).
 * //**If you are wondering how to define a meaningful and useful approach**// to the topic, let us hope the scenario stimulates you to participate. We will let CE participants judge for themselves whether their inquiries are relevant.
 * //**Intended outcomes for participants of this CE**// are of two kinds:

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