The conference was organized "to encourage thinking about the role of liberal arts education in an era of climate change".
The key is moving beyond simple recall or comprehension checks to meaningful questions that encourage thinking about the solution instead of eliminating wrong answers.
In addition to promoting greener choices in city procurement, these principles seek to balance environmental quality, economic prosperity, and social equity, and to encourage thinking beyond first costs and consideration of the long-term, cumulative impacts of policy and financial decisions.
Those who already lie on the margins of our society (like uneducated black men, too many of whom are an inch away from jail or prison already) are most vulnerable to the messages of artists who encourage thinking that is devoid of responsibility or productivity.
And now I encourage anyone thinking of producing [to go to business school].
I would encourage anyone thinking of becoming a performer to consider that as a part of their decision".
No one asks the serious question how can we liberate Muslim woman in France through special programs for Muslim communities that encourage critical thinking of the inherited Islam.
Under this popular program – designed to boost the country's birth rate, one of the lowest in the European Union, and encourage Poles thinking of emigrating to stay – all Polish families are paid a monthly subsidy of 500 zlotys ($126) for each second and subsequent child.
The reading and discussion of a book like Ernest Gaines' "A Lesson Before Dying," can also encourage critical thinking of African American themes.
