EDUCATION IN A COMPETITIVE AND GLOBALIZING WORLD -- PERSPECTIVES ON COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY -- CHRRISTOPH HER P. H HORVATH H -- S JAMES M. FOR RTE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- RULES FOR REASONING REVISITED: TOWARD A SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTION OF CRITICAL THINKING -- CRITICAL THINKING AND SYSTEMS THINKING: TOWARDS A CRITICAL LITERACY FOR SYSTEMS THINKING IN PRACTICE -- DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING THROUGH PROBABILITY MODELS -- THE PROMOTION OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH ARGUMENT MAPPING -- BEYOND GDP? TOWARDS A NEW SYSTEM OF SOCIAL ACCOUNTS -- AFOUR-COMPONENT INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL FOR TEACHER TRAINING IN CRITICAL-THINKING INSTRUCTION: ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND INFLUENTIAL FACTORS -- CRUCIAL CONNECTIONS:AN EXPLORATION OF CRITICAL THINKING AND SCHOLARLY WRITING -- HOW CAN CRITICAL THINKING BE RECOGNIZED IN THE CLASSROOM? -- INDEX.