Resources

For getting an overview of critical thinking and community building:

• Bettez, S. C. (n.d.). Critical Community Building: Beyond Belonging. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ954978.pdf  

• Case, R., & Balcaen, P. (n.d.). Supporting a Community of Critical Thinkers. https://tc2.ca/uploads/PDFs/25nextsteps/September/TASS-s8.pdf 

• Chapter 17. Analyzing Community Problems and Solutions | Section 2. Thinking Critically | Main Section | Community Tool Box. (n.d.). https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/analyze/analyze-community-problems-and-solutions/think-critically/main  

• Racial Justice. (n.d.). Open Society Foundations. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/topics/racial-justice 

For a more detailed understanding of critical thinking in education and its impact:

• Butler, H. A., & Halpern, D. F. (2020). Critical Thinking Impacts Our Everyday Lives. In Cambridge University Press eBooks (pp. 152–172). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108684354.008  

• Halpern, D. F., & Butler, H. A. (2019). Teaching Critical Thinking as if Our Future Depends on It, Because It Does. In Cambridge University Press eBooks (pp. 51–66). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235631.004 

• Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2021). Critical Thinking. Rowman & Littlefield.

• Tittle, P. (2011). Critical Thinking. In Routledge eBooks. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203841617 

For additional resources and tools:

• DePaul Teaching Commons. (2012, November 26). Stephen Brookfield on Creative & Critical Thinking [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8umk4w8kB8  

• Elder, L., & Cosgrove, R. (n.d.). Critical Societies: Thoughts from the Past. www.criticalthinking.org. Retrieved August 19, 2024, from https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/critical-societies-thoughts-from-the-past/762    

• Hall, O. D. (2012). Countercultural Space Does Not Persist: Christiania, and the Role of Music. Volume !, 9 : 1. https://doi.org/10.4000/volume.3185