Archive of News, Activities, Outreach from the Past

  • Textual homepage (retired in Sept. '10)
  • Creative Thinking at Work certificate focus took off in 2006-7 with addition of 4 online sections to the regular offerings
  • Evolving Wiki for CCT
  • Compilation of Email Bulletins of News from CCT
  • Thinking for Change Fieldbook, work in development (PDF version) (being transferred to the CCT wiki)
  • Bibliography of Critical and Creative Thinking and Reflective Practice (in development)
  • "Engaging Colleagues in a Caring University", Nov. 3 (photos)
  • Synthesis & Reflective Practice presentations, 3 Dec 2009 CCT: Monday, Nov. 9, Deep Exploration/Dialogue: Critical and Creative Thinking in the Family context
  • September 10, CCT Community Gathering and Open House, "Reflecting and connecting for Lifelong learning and teaching"
  • End-of-year awards to CCT faculty member and students (Convocation; Gallo awards; Beacon leadership)
  • Register now for Fall courses (Non-matriculated students, see Guide)
    New offerings:     Critical thinking and information literacy (online), Reflective Practice (1-3 credits)
  • INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION with U. Exeter for thesis & synthesis students
  • New 1-3 credit course, Reflective Practice
  • Internships for CCT students in the Brookline schools Gifted & talented program
  • End-of-year awards to CCT faculty member and students (Convocation; Gallo awards; Beacon leadership)
  • Problem-based learning course, project presentations, May 6 & 13
  • Convocation awards, May '09 to CCT students, Jeremy Szteiter and Tara Tetzlaff. (citation)
  • Open Houses, Monday April 27 & May 4, Synthesis presentations by graduating students
  • Poem, Remembering Janet, from Memorial service for Philosophy and CCT professor, Janet Farrell Smith
  • CCT associate faculty member & Philosophy professor, Janet Farrell Smith, passed away 8 January (further details)
  • Open House (CCT Network), Monday March 23. How College Students Find Their Voices as Writers: Exploring What it Means to Teach and Learn Writing, with Peter Elbow as special guest
  • Open House (CCT Network), Friday February 27. Our Lives and Other Worlds III: Music, Performance, and Reflections from Graduates of CCT
  • CCT associate faculty member & Philosophy professor, Janet Farrell Smith, passed away 8 January (further details)
  • CCT Community Open House, Fri. Jan 23, open to the public
  • Looking Out For Each Other: Thinking Our Way Through an Economic Funk, December 15
  • Open House, Introduction to narrative work and its impact on our lives and communities, Wed., Nov. 19, following UMB's Graduate Showcase
  • Work-in-progress presentations from CCT research & synthesis projects, Open to public, Nov. 10
  • Showcase of CCT hosted by The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Relations, Thurs., Nov. 6
  • Open House (CCT Network), Wednesday October 1. Our Lives and Other Worlds II: Visual Images and Reflections from Graduates of CCT
  • CCT-University of Exeter Open House, Thursday, September 25,7-9 PM, Wheatley 4-148 (at very end of corridor)
  • CCT Network Event, 5 September 2008,"Reflecting and Connecting for Lifelong Learning"
  • Synthesis presentations by graduating students, May 7 &14
  • Mon. March 31st, THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY BIO-LAB CONTROVERSY, An invigorating discussion with one of last semester's problem-based learning (PBL) teams, Wheatley 4th floor lounge.
  • Weds. April 16th, "Artful Thinking: Using the Power of Art to Teach Thinking Across Curriculum," featuring CCT alum & Project Zero principal researcher, Shari Tishman
  • Late addition of a Spring 08 elective: Enhancement Of Children's Structural Cognitive Modifiability
  • Tues. Feb. 26th, 6-9pm, Wheatley 4-148, "Our Lives and Other Worlds: Writing, Stories, and Reflections from Graduates of the Critical & Creative Thinking Program"
  • Frid. Jan 25th, "Mapping the wider CCT network of allies and resources"
  • Public presentations of synthesis projects by graduating CCT students, Dec 3 & 10 (schedule)
  • CCT Open house/Community Mixer, Weds. Oct. 17, 6.45-8.30pm, Wheatley 4th floor, Graduate Student lounge (flyer)
  • New student orientation and presentation of reflective practitioner's portfolio by recent alum, Jan Coe, Weds. Sept. 5, 7-8.30pm, Wheatley 4th floor, Graduate Student lounge (schedule)
  • Public presentations of synthesis projects by graduating CCT students, April 23/May 10 & 17 (schedule)
  • Bob Schoenberg , presented a workshop entitled, "Strategies & Methods for Incorporating Critical Thinking into your classroom" at a Critical Thinking Conference in May
  • Delores Gallo awards, April '07 to CCT students and alums, Sheryl Savage, Laura Rancatore, and Lori Kent. (descriptions)
  • Convocation book award, May '07 to CCT student, Jan Coe. (citation)
  • Nina Greenwald attended seminars by Dr. Don Treffinger in North Carolina.
  • A Survey of Creativity Courses at Universities in Principal Countries
  • CCT in graphics, powerpoint slides by Bertha Lucia Fries
  • Peter Taylor was chair of the Curriculum & Instruction Department from June '06 through January '07 and was promoted to full professor in Sept. '06
  • Leor Alcalay ('96) was named "Faculty Member of the Year" by the new President of Quincy College (details).
  • Fall open house with Anna Craft, 9/27, flyer
  • CCT wedding
  • Public presentations of synthesis projects by graduating CCT students, May 1 & 8 (schedule)
  • April '06 Retrospective at UMASS Boston CCT Graduate Program Commemorates Artist Bill Oakes' Vision
    (text, tributes from guest book, Nina Greenwald, Pat Davidson and Delores Gallo)
  • CCT Open House - Thursday, March 23, 2006 - 6:15pm - 8:15pm
  • In memoriam: Obituary)
  • Presentation:Dr. David Martin, "Thinking BETTER!.. Strategies for Developing Critical Thinking Through Mediated Learning," November 18
  • Compilation of Email Bulletins of News from CCT
  • CCT OPEN HOUSE, Sept. 23rd, 4.30-7.30
  • CCT OPEN HOUSE, May 6th, including, "Big Freedom," a short film by Michael Ruf (CCT '02) and presentation by Bart Kunstler on The Hothouse Effect, which examines how groups and organizations can use the secrets of history's most creative communities to generate a dynamic culture of creativity.
  • Presentations by graduate students in CRCRTH 611 - Problem-Based Learning, Thursday, May 5, 2005
  • Critical & Creative Thinking presentations by graduating students, April 25, May 2 & 5, 2005
  • New connection for CCT: American Creativity Association (jan '05 newsletter)
  • American Creativity Association meets at UMass Boston, Apr. 21, 2005
  • Report from CCT OPEN HOUSE April 1st , including tribute to Steve Schwartz and presentation by alum,Rita Nethersole
  • Report and Photos from Critical & Creative Thinking Fall Open House
  • Education for Sustainability at UMass Boston
  • Report on April 2, 2004 openhouse, incl. brainstorming on recruiting new students to CCT
  • Excerpts from Creative Tributes to Delores Gallo, Sunday May 19th, 2002
  • Compilation of Email Bulletins of News from CCT
  • Photos from CCT Booth at the Massachusetts Teachers Association, May '01
  • Think Tank for College Teachers of Critical Thinking
  • Ask Dr. Think, for advice in the teaching of thinking
  • CCT Chat -- Bulletin board for on-line discussions related to CCT
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