ASCD Emerging Leader Shellon Samuels-White publishes on Critical Thinking in Faculty Assessment

Walt McKenzie
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edited February 28 in ASCD Chit Chat
Shellon Samuels-White, ASCD Emerging Leaders Class of 2022 and Executive Director of Jamaica ASCD, published an article in the Jamaica Observer on January 26, 2023 entitled, “Does higher education teach students to think critically?”

Developing critical thinking skills through faculty assessment practices amongst trainee-teachers is a goal Shellon has been pursuing for the past 2 years as faculty examiner for the faculty of education at The Mico University College.

Read the entire piece here.

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  • Nayoung Weaver
    Nayoung Weaver Community Member Posts: 2 ✭✭✭
    "Too much emphasis is still being placed on knowledge acquisition even at the tertiary level. It is also important to hold learners accountable for providing substantive evidence of critical thinking."

    Such an important discussion. Thank you for writing it @Shellon Samuels-White!