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

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New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2010.
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1 online resource (247 pages).
Additional Creators
Johnston, Brenda
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Contents
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.
Summary
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 le.
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ISBN
9781441106513 (electronic bk.)
1441106510 (electronic bk.)
9780826441171
0826441173
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
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