Sharon Bailin
Sharon Bailin is a
Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and
is a Principal of the Critical Inquiry Group. She has written extensively on
critical thinking and on creativity, and is the author of the award-winning
book, Achieving Extraordinary Ends: An
Essay on Creativity. Bailin is one of the originators of a conception of
critical thinking which has formed the foundation of a major curriculum project
for K- 12 schools both in North America and internationally. She has also
directed Masters programs on critical thinking for educators. Bailin’s work on
critical thinking and on creativity has been presented in Italy, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Israel, Mexico, Chile, the Netherlands, Greece, and England. Bailin
is a Past President of the Philosophy of Education Society (of North America)
and of the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking. In addition to
her academic pursuits, she also has a background in theater and the arts.
Mark Battersby
Mark Battersby is a Professor
Emeritus of Capilano University, where he has taught courses in critical
thinking since 1978, and is a Principal of the Critical Inquiry Group. He has
also taught critical thinking at the University of British Columbia, Simon
Fraser University and Stanford University. Battersby is the founder of the
British Columbia Association for Critical Thinking Research and Instruction and
has written and presented extensively on the subject of critical thinking and
informal logic. He also led a provincial curriculum reform project promoting
the use learning outcomes in higher education. In addition to informal logic
and argumentation theory, his research interests include philosophy of science,
statistics, and political and environmental philosophy. The second edition of his
book on critical thinking about statistical and scientific information, Is That a Fact?, was published in 2016.
