The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education [electronic resource] /
Davies, M.editor.
Barnett, R.editor.
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education provides a single compendium on the nature, function, and applications of critical thinking. This book brings together the work of top researchers on critical thinking worldwide, covering questions of definition, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, research, policy, and application.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part I What Is Critical Thinking in Higher Education?; 1 Critical Thinking: A Streamlined Conception; 2 Critical Thinking and/or Argumentation in Higher Education; 3 A Curriculum for Critical Being; 4 Willingness to Inquire: The Cardinal Critical Thinking Virtue; Part II Teaching Critical Thinking; 5 Teaching Critical Thinking: An Operational Framework; 6 Teaching Critical Thinking for Lifelong Learning; 7 Teaching Critical Thinking as Inquiry; 8 Debate's Relationship to Critical Thinking
9 Thick Critical Thinking: Toward a New Classroom Pedagogy10 A Disciplined Approach to Critical Thinking; 11 Using Argument Mapping to Improve Critical Thinking Skills; Part III Incorporating Critical Thinking in the Curriculum; 12 The Relationship between Self-Regulation, Personal Epistemology, and Becoming a "Critical Thinker": Implications for Pedago; 13 Using Argument Diagramming to Teach Critical Thinking in a First-Year Writing Course; 14 Virtue and Inquiry: Bridging the Transfer Gap; 15 Proposition Testing: A Strategy to Develop Critical Thinking for Essay Writing
16 Conditions for Criticality in Doctoral Education: A Creative Concern17 The Effectiveness of Instruction in Critical Thinking; Part IV Critical Thinking and Culture; 18 Do Students from Different Cultures Think Differently about Critical and Other Thinking Skills?; 19 Critical Thinking through a Multicultural Lens: Cultural Challenges of Teaching Critical Thinking; 20 Cultural Variance, Critical Thinking, and Indigenous Knowledges: Exploring a Both-Ways Approach; 21 Critical Thinking Education with Chinese Characteristics; Part V Critical Thinking and the Cognitive Sciences
22 Metacognitive Education: Going beyond Critical Thinking23 Applying Cognitive Science to Critical Thinking among Higher Education Students; 24 Metacognition and Critical Thinking: Some Pedagogical Imperatives; Part VI Critical Thinking and the Professions; 25 Critical Thinking in Professional Accounting Practice: Conceptions of Employers and Practitioners; 26 Critical Thinking for Future Practice: Learning to Question; 27 Criticality in Osteopathic Medicine: Exploring the Relationship between Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning
28 Making Critical Thinking Visible in Undergraduates' Experiences of Scientific Research29 Using Social Media to Enhance Critical Thinking: Crossing Socio-Educational Divides; Part VII Social Perspectives on Critical Thinking; 30 Speaking Truth to Power: Teaching Critical Thinking in the Critical Theory Tradition; 31 Stumbling over the First Hurdle? Exploring Notions of Critical Citizenship; 32 Critical Pedagogy: Critical Thinking as a Social Practice; 33 The Knowledge Practices of Critical Thinking; 34 Critical Thinking for Educated Citizenship; Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education provides a single compendium on the nature, function, and applications of critical thinking. This book brings together the work of top researchers on critical thinking worldwide, covering questions of definition, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, research, policy, and application.
Higher education.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Social sciences.
Higher Education.
Philosophy of Education.
Social Sciences, general.
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.