STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is Distinguished Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He has written
widely on the topics of adult education, critical thinking, and teaching and has received numerous awards for his
books, including the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education and the Imogene E. Okes Award
for Outstanding Research in Adult Education.
Review
"Developing Critical Thinkers is a book practitioners and others interested in applying critical thinking
principles will find extremely useful. The writing is clear, the examples are many, and the ideas are well grounded
in theory and research.''
-- Adult Education Quarterly
Submitted by Publisher, March, 2001
Summary
1989 Winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education
Table of Contents
Part One: Understanding Critical Thinking in Adult Life
Part Two: Practical Approaches for Developing Critical Thinkers
Part Three: Helping Adults Learn to Think Critically in Different Arenas of Life
