critical thinking is one of the major aims of education, and its prerequisite is to have thoughtful teachers with critical thinking viewpoints. there have been numerous models for critical thinking including two major psychological and socio-political ones. the present article has considered a comparative study of critical thinking from the viewpoints of robert ennis and henry giroux considerin...

BACKGROUND Enhancing nursing students' critical thinking is a challenge faced by nurse educators. This study aimed at determining the effect of clinical concept mapping on discipline-based critical thinking of nursing students. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this quasi-experimental post-test only design, a convenient sample of 4(th) year nursing students (N = 32) participated. They were randomly di...

Many people reason poorly, by almost any measure of reasoning. Although there is evidence that people can be taught to think critically, educators don’t really know how. They don’t know what works, what doesn’t, or why. This report describes the Monash Critical Thinking Study – a three year project to investigate the effectiveness of a number of teaching methods for improving critical thinking....

How can technological thinking be taught without using technology? We ask this question because of the potential offered by myriad good answers. Most importantly, if significant aspects of technological thinking can be taught without direct recourse to technology, the options for reinforcing such thinking throughout a curriculum can be greatly increased. In fact, simply having a clear idea of w...

This paper compares students’ perceptions of support provided in the acquisition of various thinking and team-building skills, resulting from the various activities, resources and technologies (ART) integrated into an upper level Distributed Computing (DC) course. The findings indicate that students perceived strong support for their acquisition of higher-order thinking skills and team-building...

Primary Argument Critical thinking is an essential element for nurses who function in today’s complex healthcare domain. Nursing organisations worldwide have recognised the need to develop and stimulate higher‐order critical thinking by using innovative strategies to stimulate critical thinking abilities. This Middle‐Eastern hospital sought to promote critical thinking skills in Middle‐Eastern ...