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News from the Graduate Program in Critical & Creative Thinking
University of Massachusetts Boston7 June 2016
Student Matters
Registration is open for fall 2016 courses for current students through WISER. Register for the online or face-to-face section based on how you'll attend. Non-degree registration begins on July 25th.
CRCRTH 601 Critical Thinking. Sept. 15-Dec. 15, Thursdays 7:00-9:45pm. Wheatley 4-170. Face-to-face students: register for class #14047; online students register for class #6915).
CRCRTH 603L Foundations of Philosophical Thought. Sept. 13-Dec.13, Tuesdays 4:00-6:45pm. Wheatley 4-170. Face-to-face students: register for class #12553; online students register for class #6916).
CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change. Sept. 12-Dec.12, Mondays 7:00-9:45pm, Wheatley 4-170. Face-to-face students: register for class #14048; online students register for class #6917).
CRCRTH 640 Environment, Science, and Society: Critical Thinking. Sept. 15-Dec.15, Thursdays 4:00-6:45pm, Wheatley 4-170. Face-to-face students: register for class #12551; online students register for class #6918).
CRCRTH 655 Metacognition. Sept. 12-Dec. 12, Mondays 4:00-6:45pm, Synchronous online (all participants join online each week, although it is still possible to register for either the face-to-face or online section). Face-to-face students: register for class #12550; online students register for class #6919).
CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice. Sept. 12-Dec. 12, Occasional Monday meetings, Rm. TBA (9/12, 10/3, 11/7, 12/5) with most weeks involving asynchronous work. Face-to-face students: register for class #12552; online students register for class #6920).
CRCRTH 692 Processes of Research and Engagement. Sept. 13-Dec. 13, Tuesdays 7:00-9:45pm, Wheatley 4-170. Face-to-face students: register for class #14049; online students register for class #6921).
The CCT program congratulates spring/summer 2016 graduates: Daniel Albert, Kerri Arruda, Kaylea Champion, Sara Kaplan, Jill Lake, Sinem Mankir Oztan, Myra McWethy, and Dustin Senger.
CCT Community
Philip DiSalvio, Dean of the College of Advancing and Professional Studies (home of CCT program), has authored a new article, New Pathways to Credentialing: The Digital Badge., which appears in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Higher Education. In this article, Dean DiSalvio examines new pathways to credentialing and opportunities that deliver added value to the traditional college degree.
CCT Events
Critical and Creative Thinking community open house events will resume in fall 2016. See future newsletters for details.
Alum and CCT associates Notes
Crystal King (CCT '04) has written her debut novel, Feast of Sorrow, that will be published in 2017. Congratulations Crystal!
Events
University of Massachusetts Boston 2016 Block Party
Thursday, June 16, 2016, 4:00-6:30pm at UMass Boston campus, Clark Parking Lot
Live music, food, games, crafts, and other activities for individuals and families.Free and open to all in the UMass Boston community.
Register here.
Emancipatory Education Conference
June 15-17, 2016, Oklahoma City, OK
Presentations, talks, and workshops to explore a vision for emancipatory education in classrooms, organizations, and communities.
For additional details and registration, see the conference web site.
The Teaching Professor Technology Conference
September 30-October 2, 2016, Atlanta, GA
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Workshops, discussions, and presentations supporting effective teaching and learning and use of new technologies to enhance pedagogical practices.
For additional details and registration, see this page.
36th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Educational Reform
July 25-29, 2016, Sonoma State University, northern CA
Theme: Fostering Robust Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, In Every Classroom, Every Day, Across the World
Conference details, session schedules, and registration here.
Opportunities
Call for Papers: upcoming issue of Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines
Submissions due by August 15, 2016 to cct@criticalthinking.org. Gerald Nosich and Linda Elder, from the Foundation for Critical Thinking, will serve as guest editors of this issue, which will include items to honor the life and work of Dr. Richard Paul.
Resources
The UMass Boston Labor Studies Program will be reopened within the Colloge of Liberal Arts with courses starting in fall 2016. For more information about the program and ongoing developments in the Labor Resource Center, please see the program web page.
Online course: Infusing Critical Thinking into Your Courses (non-credit, self-paced)
Course offered through Magna Publications, with Instructor: Linda B. Nilson, PhD, Director, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University. To register and review course topics, see the course web site.
Food for Thought
(additional web links and posts can also be found on CCT's Diigo pages. General critical and creative thinking focus: https://groups.diigo.com/group/ccreflect; Science in a Changing World focus: https://groups.diigo.com/group/sicwumb)
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Humor
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18 comics: creativity, motivation, and self-doubt