The essential framework for this book is the stimulation of critical thinking to include dialogue and dialectic approaches critical issues in education includes opposing sides of the issues presented and illustrates through competing essays on each topic how critical thinking dialogue and dialectic approaches improve understanding and the evaluation of available evidence and reasoning . The essential framework for this book is the stimulation of critical thinking to include dialogue and dialectic approaches critical issues in education includes opposing sides of the issues presented and illustrates through competing essays on each topic how critical thinking dialogue and dialectic approaches improve understanding and the evaluation of available evidence and reasoning . Up to 90 off textbooks at amazon canada plus free two day shipping for six months when you sign up for amazon prime for students. There is a great need for critical thinking in schools and by teachers current educational reform efforts emphasize student testing on basic information and rote memorization what is lost is education that involves critical thinking creativity and consideration of alternatives. Critical issues in education is designed to be used in courses that examine current relevant pro and con disputes about schools and schooling by exploring the major opposing viewpoints on these issues the text encourages education students to think critically and develop their own viewpoints the clear writing and dramatic dialectic approach are conducive to dynamic classroom discussions