Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines

Volume 20, Issue 3, Spring 2001

Counseling and CriticaI Thinking

Critical Thinking and Emotional Well-Being

I describe some pedagogical challenges of teaching critical thinking, and propose one way of partly meeting them: the application of critical thinking skills to beliefs responsible for our emotions. I suggest ways of introducing the topic of emotions in our critical thinking courses, describe a project assigned to my students, and provide a model of the project.