This daylong workshop was facilitated by Brian Barnes of the Foundation for Critical Thinking. Brian Barnes’s goal was to introduce faculty to specific methods that encourage critical thinking skills in students and allow the faculty to practice using these methods. After Brian’s introduction to the fundamentals of critical thinking, the workshop participants had a chance to role-play in small groups and practice using these skills to analyze readings and share their writing as modes of thinking across the curriculum.
The workshop was funded in part by a JSRCC Professional Development Grant, a VCCS Paul Lee Professional Development Mini Grant, and a significant JTCC contribution. The 15 JSRCC faculty participants registered for the workshop were selected to pilot these Critical Thinking techniques into at least one of their Fall 2013 courses and will receive a $750 stipend at the semester’s end, generously provided by Dr. Barbara Glenn from Humanities and Social Sciences foundation funds.
The JSRCC faculty who participated and will be piloting the Critical Thinking in their Fall 2013 courses are:
Beverly Aronowitz, English
Sherry Compton, Respiratory Therapy
Alan Crouch, Automotive Technology
Sarah Jessie, Administration of Justice
Nancy Morrison, Reading
Mark Plume, Sociology
Maria Ramos, English
Jane Rosecrans, English
Stephen Sowulewski, Health
Chris Thomas, History
Wendy Unison-Pace, Practical Nursing
Shalini Upadhyaya, Biology
William Wilson, Health Records Coding
Danette Young, Biology
William Ziegler, English
