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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791993403321

Titolo

Developing student criticality in higher education [[electronic resource] ] : undergraduate learning in the arts and social sciences / / Brenda Johnston ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011

ISBN

1-283-06667-X

9786613066671

1-4411-0651-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Continuum Studies in Educational Research

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnstonBrenda

Disciplina

378.1/7

Soggetti

Critical thinking - Study and thinking (Higher)

Thought and thinking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Conceptualizations of Criticality in Higher Education: Philosophical, Field-Specific and Political Engagement Approaches; Chapter 3: Conceptualizations of Criticality in Higher Education: Psychological Approaches; Chapter 4: A Proposed Framework for Criticality Development; Chapter 5: Criticality Goals in the Undergraduate Curriculum; Chapter 6: Becoming Critical: Teaching and Learning Processes; Chapter 7: Student Writing and Criticality Development; Chapter 8: Experiential Learning and Criticality Development

Chapter 9: Conclusions and ImplicationsReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Critical thinking is a major and enduring aspect of higher education and the development of criticality in students has long been a core aim.  However, understandings of criticality are conceptually and empirically unclear. The book combines a well developed conceptual discussion of the nature of criticality appropriate for the twenty-first century, the extent to which it is attainable by arts and social science undergraduates, and the paths by which it is developed during students' higher education experiences. Drawing upon empirical accounts and case studies of teaching and learning in diffe