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24 English Journal (2010): 24 32ecently, a prominent group of English educators claimed that the ultimate rationale for the teaching of language arts is creating a just society whose citizens are critically literate about their world. The writers further stated, Literacy education lies at the center of achieving our stated goals of fostering critical thought, critical dia-logue, and a circumspect and vigilant American citizenry .. [and] has particular value and poten-tial in a culture increasingly unable to distinguish fact from fiction, truth from lies (Alsup et al. 279 81).This is an important statement, I think, and puts critical thinking in the forefront of what we ought to be doing in the English education of our students. However, while I believe many hold this ideal in high regard (I can t imagine anyone debunking it!), there are few statements in the secondary English education literature that define what precisely we mean by critical Textbooks Say about Critical Thinking and ArgumentWhen it comes to writing, the most advanced sec-ondary textbooks for English and most state rubrics for judging writing do not deal with what is in-volved in critical thinking in writing.
24 English Journal 99.6 (2010): 24–32 ecently, a prominent group of English educators claimed that the “ultimate rationale for the teaching of language arts” is “creating a just
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