About the Presenter: Dr. Gerald Nosich

Dr. Gerald Nosich is a noted authority on critical thinking and has given more than 250 workshops on all aspects of teaching critical thinking. Since the mid-1980s, he has become committed to teaching critical thinking across the curriculum. He is convinced that the only way for students to learn a subject matter is to think their way through it. He is the author of Reasons and Arguments (Wadsworth, 1982).  His second book, Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum, has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic.

Dr. Nosich has given workshops for instructors at all levels of education in Singapore, the U.S., Canada, Thailand, Lithuania, Austria, and Germany.  He has worked with the U.S. Department of Education on a project for the National Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills; given teleconferences sponsored by PBS and Starlink on teaching critical thinking within subject-matter courses; served as a consultant/evaluator for SACS Accreditation of programs at various colleges and universities emphasizing critical thinking, and has been featured as a Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of numerous articles and audio and video tapes on critical thinking. He has been Assistant Director at the Center for Critical Thinking at Sonoma State University and is an associate of the Center and the Foundation for Critical Thinking.  Dr. Nosich is a Professor Emeritus at Buffalo State College in NY and Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans.

Dr. Nosich has not only focused on teaching critical thinking skills in subject-specific areas but is also adept at teaching critical thinking across the curriculum.  Dr. Nosich is a witty presenter whose down-to-earth sense of humour adds spice to his practical insights.

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What Participants Said...

• Concepts apply to teaching.
• I have gained knowledge of the intended outcomes of the workshop.
• I reflected on the strategies I can adopt to stretch students' thinking.
• Frames my thinking approach. The central question of the course and the fundamental and powerful concepts apply to teaching and encouraging students to think critically.
• It gave greater insight and, to some extent, validated what I was trying to do locally.
• It gives me a clearer idea of how to help scaffold students to think critically when doing project work.
• It gave me an idea of how quick feedback can be given to encourage critical thinking.
• Have a better understanding of critical thinking standards and elements of thought.

Upcoming Workshops by Dr Gerald Nosich

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