Dialogue Theory for Critical Thinking

Fostering Creative Thinking through Philosophy-based Dialogue Skills for Children

Introdction: Philosophy can be used as a way to cultivate moral thinking, critical thinking, and creative thinking. The aim of the present study is to investigate the development of creative thinking through philosophybased dialogue skills for children. Methods: This Review article has been performed using creative thinking, conversation skills, and philosophy for children keywords in variou...

Searching for the Origins of Schwab's Deliberative Curriculum Theory in the Thoughts of Aristotle, Dewey and Habermas

The main purpose of this study is exploring the roots and foundations of Schwab’s deliberative theory in curriculum. Therefore, after examining this theory in introduction, its foundations and origins were investigated. According to this, basic assumptions of this theory are practical and quasi practical arts, eclectic arts, commonplace and collective decision. Aristotle’s distinction between i...

Dialogue and Critical Thinking 1 DIALOGUE AS MEDIUM (AND MESSAGE) FOR TRAINING CRITICAL THINKING1 by

Standard internalist approaches to critical thinking insist that critical thinkers maintain conscious, deliberate access to the reasons for their beliefs and actions. A more useful approach is externalist, focusing on the reliability of different types of processes for generating beliefs and decisions under different circumstances. We describe an externalist approach to critical thinking based ...

Prediction of English Language Proficiency Level Using Multiple Intelligences Theory and Critical Thinking Skills

The present study investigated the possible relationships between multiple intelligences, critical thinking and language proficiency level of Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. The participants of the study included 117 intermediate young - adult EFL learners from ILI language i n- st i tute in Tehran, Iran. The participants were invited to complete MIDAS and Critical thinking ...

A Three-part Theory of Critical Thinking: Dialogue, Mental Models, and Reliability1