Links to allied organizations and projects
A selection of links for critical thinking, creative thinking, and reflective practice. Suggested additions and deletions of out-of-date information welcome.
(See also related selection of links for intersections of science, education, and social context.)
last update 21 December 2018
Note: many links below to outside organizations may lead to web sites or pages no longer active.
Contents
Guides and Compilations of Links
Allied Programs in Educational Institutions
- Antioch Ph.D. In Leadership and Change in the Professions
- Boston Writing Project BWP has established a long-term professional development community through literature institutes, teacher research projects, and courses offered through UMass Boston's Graduate College of Education
- Californian Institute for Integral Studies-- Doctoral program in Transformative Learning
- The Center for Creative and Critical Thinking at Delta State University - To share ideas and resources related to Creative and Critical Thinking, please send a sign-up request specifying the critical thinking list to bhayes@dsu.deltast.edu
- Creative Education Foundation hosts annual Creative Problem Solving Institute
- Center for Critical Thinkingat Sonoma State U. Under leadership of Richard Paul, sponsors and International conference consisting of professional development workshops and trainer training
- Center for Reflective Community Practice at M.I.T. "Helping people know what they know, improving community practice through reflection ad learning, building grounded knowledge from reflection on practice, and developing tools and technology to support this work."
- Creative and Critical at Maricopa College, CA faculty liaison Joanne Gainen
- Critical and Creative Analysis M.A., Goldmsiths University of London
- Education for Sustainability, UMass Boston. Teaching, outreach, research, and operations that further a vision of a sustainable economy, equitable governance and an engaged populace.
- Experiemntal College at Tufts, visiting lecturers explore interdisciplinary subjects & innovative teaching methods
- Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies offers courses available to UMB students at UMB tuition rates
- Environmental Studies Program UMass Boston undergraduate program of study
- Idea Center (Kansas State U. Continuing Ed.) "getting creative about critical thinking"
- International Center for Studies in Creativity hosts the Creative Problem Solving Institute and offers an M.S. and Graduate Certificate.
- International School for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam includes a program on Science and Technology Studies
- KaosPilots provides an entrepreneurial education for young entrepreneurs and project leaders with a creative edge and a global mind
- Lesley University, Doctoral Program in Educational Studies highly individualized program requires two residential semesters at Cambridge, MA campus
- Liberal Arts programs online
- The Mirror Project teaches youth to create vidoes about their own life experiences and uses videos to "create a window into the lives of people who remain strangers due to ethnic, cultural, age, or socioeconomic barriers." Led by Robert ArŽvalo
- The Mycellium School is an international program which endows the next generation of leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to identify and address root causes of social an environmental concern. Opening in 2012/13 in Ashville, NC.
- Organizational Approaches to Transformation and Healing certificate program at Plymouth State University (NH) that "challenges traditional models and examines the implications of emerging paradigms for organizational health"
- Social Justice Education UMass Amherst. An interdisciplinary graduate program with a focus on social diversity and social justice education, K-higher ed
- Thinking for Change a resource center for critical and creative thinking and reflective practice
- Teachers as Scholars a Boston-based professional development program for teachers that offers 1 to 3 day long seminars on arts, humanities or science topics that the seminar leaders (university faculty) are passionate about
- Think Tank for Community College Critical Thinking teachers
- University of Malta The Edward De Bono Institute For The Design And Development Of Thinking
- Touchstones Discussion project, "to develop discussion programs that build community and foster dialogue that creates change."
Allied Programs outside conventional Educational Institutions
- School for Designing a Society--teachers, performers, artists, and activists give the question “What would I consider a desirable society?” serious playful thoughtful discussion and take it as input to creative projects
- The Public School (having no affiliation with the public school system, it is a framework that supports autodidactic activities)
- [[http://began a few months after Michael White’s death, with the vision of bringing together practitioners, teachers, students drawn to narrative practice and other collaborative approaches.----Organizations and businesses
- American Creativity Association resource for learning and applying creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and ideation theory, tools, and techniques; global network of creative professionals
- ASCD (Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development) seminars and other resources for curriculum development and school change Teaching for Thinking Network hosts ask Dr. Think
- Boston Facilitators Roundtable. For info email abbyyanow@hotmail.com
- Center for Creative Learning, Inc. downloadable files and a searchable database on creativity assessment resources, a wide range of books on CPS and talent development, and web-based courses
- Creativity Portal "an imagination inducing sanctuary for artists, writers, crafters, and creativity enthusiasts" that solicits submissions
- Consultants Network for Excellence in Non-profits
- Dulwich Centre for Narrative Therapy and Community Work see workshop notes for basic ideas
- www.OnlineCreativeConcepts.com, Web Portal for International Issues and Non-Profit Organizations
- Gravity Arts customized educational services and products in music and dance
- The Highlander Center (Highlander Education and Research Center) grassroots organizing, education, and community building for social justice and genuine democracy since the 1930s
- Reflective Learning - International formerly Institute of Reflective Practice - UK
- Reflective Practice Journal
- International Association of Facilitators promotes facilitation through "methods of exchange, professional growth, practical research, collegial networking and support services"
- ISETL (International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning) at ISETL conference presenters model teaching alternatives by engaging their audience in activity and dialogue
- MindTools.com, "Essential Skills for an Excellent Career"
- National Center for Teaching Thinking
- NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance) "nurtur[ing] a new generation of innovators by promoting curricula designed to teach creativity, invention and entrepeneurship and support[ing] innovative student projects"
- New England Cognitive Center formerly the Hartford Thinking Center
- Organizational Development Learning Group monthly meetings based on experiential learning, e-newsletter that circulates to over 700 people, and job-seeking, consulting and book club subgroups
- Community Economies strengthening, connecting, and creating grassroots economic alternatives in New England and the world
- Popular Education and Social Change Conferences organized by Paolo Friere, the Institute for Popular Education and allied groups
- Public Conversations Project "promoting constructive conversations and relationships among those who have differing values, worldviews, and positions related to divisive public issues"
- School for Designing a Society "'What would I consider a desirable society?' is given serious playful, thoughtful discussion and taken as an input to creative projects
- SouthCoast Community Collaborative Design Studio a project of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, mission is to build community capacity through the use of advanced collaborative design practices
- Teaching for a Change annual conferences provide "experiences and information that inspires personal and professional growth", following the work of Parker Palmer
- Art of Hosting training
- Celebrate Urbana Champaign People's History Project
- ColectivoFlatlander helps build a stronger popular movement for social, economic and racial justice in the South and Southwest US
- PTO conference (Pedagogy of the Oppressed)
- Mid-west Zine Fest festival in Urbana, IL for noncommercial or online publications
- School for Designing a Society (SDAS)
- Prairieland Mediation Radio Hour
Courses
Publications
- Critical & Creative Thinking: Strategies for Classroom Inquiry, by Susan Wilks, University of Melbourne, Australia (1995)
- How teachers can create a "community of inquiry", a supportive, nurturing classroom environment that fosters reasoning an critical thinking ISBN: 0-435-08869-6
- Subscription to Critical and Creative Thinking, Clive Lindop, Critical and Creative Thinking, Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria, 3280, Australia
- Critical Thinking and Collaborative Learning, Tomorrow's Professor Msg 173.
- Incorporating Critical and Creative Thinking processes in Sasketchewan's K-12 curricula
- A library providing K-12 educators with a range of articles on critical thinking
- Taking Yourself Seriously: Processes of Research and Engagement
- Theses and Syntheses of students of the CCT Program, UMass Boston
- What is critical thinking?" by R. Ennis
- Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning by Jack Mezirow
Sites of alums and instructors of the Critical & Creative Thinking Graduate Program
Other Individuals' Sites
Groups with broken links--leads welcome
- ASCD compilation of Thinking centers and Networks links for Inquiry-based learning
- Critical Thinking on the Web
- ERIC Critical Thinking Resources
- Guide to degrees in Critical Thinking
- Critical Thinking on the Web: Institutes, Centers and Societies
- Center for Diversity Leadership
- Online Creative Concepts
- National Center for Cross-disciplinary Teaching and Learning
- Wisconsin Center for Excellence in Critical Thinking
- PROMISE (Project for Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Studies in Education)
