《重读美国》:洞穿美国主流文化的神话——批判性思维的一种文化路向

Rereading America: the Myth of Penetrating American Mainstream Culture——A Cultural Approach of Critical Thinking

自1989年至2016年,《重读美国》已出到第10版。它聚焦于美国主流文化神话,如关于家庭、教育、成功、种族、性别角色和自由等观念,敞开多元视角选录经典和表达各种立场的当代文献,提供最新数据刺激、怀疑,挑战僵化美国人的观念、价值和信仰的种种假设,引导学生运用多元视角、质疑、对话和积极阅读等方法处理文化神话,提升他们的批判性阅读、批判性写作以及一般批判性思维的技能。此书是批判性思维教学的文化路向的出色代表,尤其对于弥补我国SAT等国际考生的批判性阅读和写作的短板有巨大借鉴意义。

From 1989 to 2016,Rereading America has been published in the 10th edition.It focuses on the myths of American mainstream culture,such as ideas about family,education,success,race,gender roles,and freedom,opens up multiple perspectives to select classics and contemporary literature that expresses a variety of positions,provides the latest data to stimulate and suspect,challenges rigid assumptions about American ideas,values,and beliefs,guides students to deal with cultural myths by using multiple perspectives,questions,dialogues,and active reading,and improves their skills in critical reading,critical writing,and general critical thinking.This book is an outstanding representative of the cultural orientation of critical thinking teaching.It has great significance especially for making up for the shortcomings of critical reading and writing of SAT and other international candidates in China.