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Enhancing students' critical thinking skills through engagement with innovative pedagogical practices in Global South.

Authors :
Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso
Igwe, Paul Agu
Mong, Ifeanyi Kalu
Nwosu, Hyginus Emeka
Kanu, Clementina
Ojemuyide, Chidiebere C.
Source :
Higher Education Research & Development; Jun2022, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p1184-1198, 15p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

This study shows how HE teachers (particularly, business management and vocational studies) experience the teaching of critical thinking to foster student development of critical thinking skills (CTS) while working across diverse international contexts. Using a qualitative online survey and interview methodologies, we obtained rich information from 55 participants from 26 countries in the Global South including HE teachers who incorporate CTS into their teaching practices and those who had studied and briefly taught in developed countries' universities where CT is embedded into the HE learning with an understanding of the subject under study. Focusing on three dominant themes from the thematic analysis, we analyze three key approaches that HE teachers can adopt to enhance students' development of CTS which include: teaching strategies, active learning, setting problem or inquiry. Also, we discuss the perceived challenges that HE teachers may experience in the course of promoting teaching for CTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
07294360
Volume :
41
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Higher Education Research & Development
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
157277163
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1896482