Critical Education

"CCRN Mastery: The Ultimate Study Guide for Adult Critical Care Nurses" is a meticulously designed resource aimed at empowering nurses aiming to achieve certification in adult critical care nursing through the CCRN examination. This comprehensive guide is structured to address the multifaceted challenges of the CCRN exam, offering a strategic approach to mastering the necessary skills and knowledge.

In this thought-provoking book, acclaimed cultural critic and professor of literature Richard Ohmann and noted critical scholar and pedagogue Ira Shor challenge the widely accepted notion of the "college premium": the economic advantage associated with obtaining a college degree. The authors show how the idea of a college premium is often merely a myth that furthers the commercialization of education.

Are you often cheated or tricked by others? Do you wish you could think faster and spot logical inconsistencies and lies better? Wish to influence others more? If you want to become a logical thinker instead of an irrational, snap-judging one, this book is for you.

In the aftermath of World War II, America stood alone as the world's premier military power. Yet its martial confidence contrasted vividly with its sense of cultural inferiority. Still looking to a defeated and dispirited Europe for intellectual and artistic guidance, burgeoning transnational elite in New York and Washington embraced not only the war's refugees but many of their ideas as well, and nothing has proven more pernicious than those of the Frankfurt School and its reactionary philosophy of "critical theory".

The audiobook is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical undergraduate organic chemistry course. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized sections. There are key takeaways following each chapter to drive home key points and quizzes to review commonly tested questions.

The Anatomy of Fake News offers the first historical examination of fake news that takes as its goal the effective teaching of critical news literacy in the United States. Higdon employs a critical-historical media ecosystems approach to identify the producers, themes, purposes, and influences of fake news.

Have you always wanted to sharpen up your memory? Think faster? Or even absorb information twice as fast? If this sounds like you, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, self-improvement is something that we all strive for, but fixing our flaws and weaknesses is something we often tend to avoid, when really we shouldn’t. By simply implementing the practical and highly effective methods of speed reading, critical thinking, and memory improvement taught in these books, you will finally be on your way to becoming the ultimate version of yourself.

During the recent presidential election, "media literacy" became a buzzword that signified the threat media manipulation posed to democratic processes. Meanwhile, statistical research has shown that eight- to eighteen-year-olds pack more than eleven hours with some form of media into each day by "media multitasking." Young people are not only eager and interested to learn about and discuss the realities of media ownership, production, and distribution, they also deserve to understand differential power structures in how media influences our culture.

Critical thinking is a skill that has to be trained and practiced like any other skill. Being able to solve difficult problems, and make clear and precise decisions, are of vital importance in today's dynamic environment, and is the only real competitive advantage we have to compete in the marketplace. This audio workbook is a great introduction to various practical practices you can use to improve your critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and goal-setting skills.

You have just bumped into a great deal with a unique combo of two different books, which cover topics on critical thinking, rationality, and using intelligence as a moral compass.This is one of the best books about these particular sub-topics.

Critical thinking is essential for students to develop as it helps them process and analyze information logically and effectively. Students: Who Connects Your Dots? challenges students of all ages to make sound decisions, solve problems, and evaluate the validity and truthfulness of information and arguments. It also encourages students to question their own biases, leading to a more open-minded and informed perspective.

Critical race theory has hijacked the US education system on every level. Parents, students, educators, and policymakers must know and support the truth about American history and reject this divisive and anti-American theory’s obsession with skin color and prejudice.

Get ready to laugh. This is not a boring education book. With real world lessons and funny anecdotes listeners can connect with, Ian explains how families can win the battle to stop divisive and dangerous concepts rooted in critical race theory and other dangerous left-wing ideologies from spreading to their schools. He convincingly makes the case that the Left envisions a public education system in America where children are no longer the responsibility of their parents but rather mere wards of the state.

Learn the best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading and the big understandings they yield. But that’s just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include video, texts and questions, cross-curricular examples, and an online facilitator’s guide—making the two volumes of TDQ a potent professional development tool across all of K-12. The genius of TDQ is the way Fisher and Frey break down the process into four cognitive pathways: What does the text say? How does the text work? What does the text mean? What does the text inspire you to do?

Students and teachers alike face a dilemma: Why think deeply when we can just take a shortcut by googling something? Why read an article when we can learn from a social media headline? If, as educators, we want to encourage our students to value thoughtfulness and to embrace the effort it takes to reach deep understandings, we must model that behavior ourselves.

Was America founded on the auction block in Jamestown in 1619 or aboard the Mayflower in 1620? The controversy erupted in August 2019 when the New York Times announced its 1619 Project. The Times set to transform history by asserting that all the laws, material gains, and cultural achievements of Americans are rooted in the exploitation of African Americans. Historians have pushed back, saying that the 1619 Project conjures a false narrative out of racial grievance.

Medically Speaking, Who Connects Your Dots? builds on the foundation of the need to critically think about what is happening medically in the world around you and even to you! Your eyes will be open about what the media is now permitted to "medically propagate" to you and for how long this has been occurring. Critical thinking is an extremely vital process of analyzing information--from opposing sides! This method of thinking is based on asking questions from an unbiased perspective, equally weighing all the data.

In Critical Thinking: A Foolproof Step by Step guide for Problem Solving Using Critical Thought, you will learn that critical thinking involves learning about our own biases and the biases held by others, including those who hold leadership positions in our government, our educational institutions, and our media, in order to better understand and evaluate the information that bombards us daily.

Are you in a job where problem solving and decision making is a critical skill? Do you need to improve this area of your performance and be ready to face the challenges of the modern workplace? This book will help you do it. The skill of critical thinking can be employed in a wide range of scenarios that include our working and personal lives. This ability has the power to change potential outcomes in our favor, simply by causing us to be better at making the right decisions at the right time.

Many of us rely on critical thinking in our daily lives, for career advancement or making the right personal financial decisions for example. The ability to be able to think in such a way and get the answers you need can be crucial for success, but not all of us are born with this innate skill. Now, however, with this book bundle, Critical Thinking: The Complete Guide to Learn to Think Clear, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making - 2 Books in 1, you can learn everything you ever wanted to know on the subject.