ERIC Number: EJ735159
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 23
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Accessing Multicultural Issues through Critical Thinking, Critical Inquiry, and the Student Research Process
Hawkins, Judith
Urban Education, v41 n2 p169-191 2006
This qualitative study describes and evaluates a pedagogical procedure that allows multicultural college freshmen to devise and research topics indigenous to their communal backgrounds. The researcher wishes to ascertain whether a method delineated by an academic procedure and limited to a classroom setting can have extended social implications for the inner-city student. Specifically, critical thinking and inquiry techniques are applied to the student research paper process, thus integrating communal issues with the academic curriculum. A further goal is to ascertain how the focus and motivation inherent in the modified research process affects student critical inquiry of text material.
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Cultural Pluralism, Critical Thinking, Student Research, College Freshmen
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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