Part 1: 1. Introduction: the topic, the content, the writer,... -- Part 2: Mapping the territory of critical thinking -- 2. Critical thinking as an elusive concept: what critical thinking might be... -- 3. Approaches to critical thinking in the literature -- 4. Some of the broader issues of critical thinking: standards, objectivity and the cultural basis -- Part 3: The person as a critical thinker -- 5. The role of emotion, language and curiosity in critical thinking -- 6. Academic assertiveness: being appropriately assertive as a thinker -- Part 4: Taking stock -- 7. Ceitical thinking: a pause to take stock -- Part 5: Epistemological development and depth in critical thinking -- 8. Ceitical thinking and learners' conceptions of knowledge -- 9. Depth in critical thinking -- Part 6: Critical thinking and pedagogy -- 10. A defining statement on critical thinking and an introduction to the pedagogy -- The pedagogy of critical thinking -- 12. The pedagogy of academic assertiveness -- Part 7: Rosources