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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
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Teaching to Transgress

By bell hooks ,

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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
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The Scout Mindset

By Julia Galef ,

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How We Know What Isn't So
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How We Know What Isn't So

By Thomas Gilovich ,

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The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
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The Art of Logic in an Illogical World

By Eugenia Cheng ,

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Bad Dog
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Bad Dog

By Mike Boldt ,

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Argument Culture Moving From Debate to Dialogue
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Argument Culture Moving From Debate to Dialogue

By Deborah Tannen ,

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Future Wise: Educating Our Children for a Changing World
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Future Wise

By David Perkins ,

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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
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Rationality

By Steven Pinker ,

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Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
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Mind in the Making

By Ellen Galinsky ,

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Getting to Yes with Yourself: And Other Worthy Opponents
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Getting to Yes with Yourself

By William Ury ,

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Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students
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Thinking Like a Lawyer

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Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
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Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters

By Robert Beverly Hale ,

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Bugs for Breakfast: How Eating Insects Could Help Save the Planet
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Bugs for Breakfast

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How We Think
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How We Think

By John Dewey ,

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How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Asking the Right Questions
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How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

By Christopher Dicarlo ,

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How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio
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How We Read Now

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Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens
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Tap, Click, Read

By Lisa Guernsey , Michael H. Levine ,

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Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking
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Beyond Feelings

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With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies
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With Good Reason

By Morris S. Engel ,

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Critical Thinking and Popular Culture: Reading and Writing the American Experience
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Critical Thinking and Popular Culture

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Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
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Teaching Critical Thinking

By bell hooks ,

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What Is Philosophy For?
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What Is Philosophy For?

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Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind
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Evolutionary Psychology

By David Buss ,

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Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force
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Living Speech

By James Boyd White ,

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Aging: Concepts and Controversies
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Aging

By Harry R Moody , Jennifer R Sasser ,

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Building Arguments
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Building Arguments

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Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Basic Skills
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Critical Thinking

By William Hughes , Jonathan Lavery ,

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When Critical Thinking met English Literature: A Resource Book for Teachers and Their Students
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When Critical Thinking met English Literature

By Belinda Hakes ,

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Arguing and Thinking: A Rhetorical Approach to Social Psychology
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Arguing and Thinking

By Michael Billig ,

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The Art of Being Right: 38 Ways to Win an Argument
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The Art of Being Right

By Arthur Schopenhauer ,

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Preventing Polarization: 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Politics, and Civic Responsibility
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Preventing Polarization

By Michelle Blanchet , Brian Deters ,

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The Art of Thinking Clearly
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The Art of Thinking Clearly

By Rolf Dobelli ,

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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

By Lewis Carroll , Arthur Rackham (illustrator) ,

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Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers
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Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers

By Paul Laseau ,

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