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Critical thinking for helping professionals : a skills-based workbook / Eileen Gambrill, Leonard Gibbs.

By: Gambrill, Eileen D, 1934-.
Contributor(s): Gibbs, Leonard E.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University, c2009Edition: 3rd. ed.Description: xxi, 402 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780195330953 (pbk.).Subject(s): Critical thinking -- Problems, exercises, etc | Critical thinking -- Study and teaching | Professional employees -- Decision making -- Problems, exercises, etc | Decision making -- Study and teaching | Human services personnel -- Decision making -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 160
Partial contents:
Part 1: Introduction: the role of critical thinking in the helping professions and its relationship to evidence-informed practice. - Part 2: Recognizing propaganda in human-services advertising: the importance of questioning claims. - Part 3: Fallacies and pitfalls in professional decision making: what they are and how to avoid them. - Part 4: Evidence-informed decision making. - Part 5: Critically appraising different kinds of research. - Part 6: Reviewing decisions. - Part 7: Improving educational and practice environments.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TC

Floor 4, Shelf 38 , Side 1, TierNo 4, BayNo 3

160 GAM (Browse shelf) 1 Available CALSH,25000,03,GR 5000096229
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TC

Floor 4, Shelf 38 , Side 1, TierNo 4, BayNo 3

160 GAM (Browse shelf) 1 Available CALSH,25000,03,GR 5000096301

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-395) and index.

Part 1: Introduction: the role of critical thinking in the helping professions and its relationship to evidence-informed practice. - Part 2: Recognizing propaganda in human-services advertising: the importance of questioning claims. - Part 3: Fallacies and pitfalls in professional decision making: what they are and how to avoid them. - Part 4: Evidence-informed decision making. - Part 5: Critically appraising different kinds of research. - Part 6: Reviewing decisions. - Part 7: Improving educational and practice environments.

Thinking skills : 9694