ERIC Number: EJ1336398
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
Pages: 18
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Critical Thinking: Two Theses from the Ground Up
Zhou, Z.
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v22 n1 p154-171 Mar 2022
This paper analyses a set of widely held beliefs concerning our understanding and teaching of critical thinking, a notion which is increasingly adopted by universities as their main educational goal. Existing scholarship on critical thinking throws up a vast heterogeneous collection of definitions of critical thinking. I propose a 'meta-definition' of critical thinking--or, what I call the cluster concept of critical thinking--to show that there is unity in an otherwise messy conceptual terrain. A second aim of this paper is to offer a plea for the intellectual virtues in general and that of humility in particular as means of fostering critical thinking. This paper concludes by presenting a series of pedagogical implications for instructors in tertiary education in the business of designing modules that aim to promote critical thinking.
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Definitions, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Role of Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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