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Suttle, Bruce B. – Community College Review, 1983
Urges community college faculty to encourage student to reflect critically upon their beliefs and values. Analyzes the fallacies of a content-based approach which doesn't include critical reflection. Advocates commitment to critical thinking skills as reflected in hiring and training policies and exchange-based rather than lecture-based teaching…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, College Faculty
Skipper, Tracy L. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2005
Student Development in the First College Year provides a detailed overview of some of the most commonly referenced theories of learning and development in the college years. What sets this primer apart from other treatments of student development theory is its careful attention to the first college year and the wide range of educational…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Educational Practices, Student Development, School Holding Power