There are two popular views regarding the origin of critical thinking: (1) The concept of critical thinking began with Socrates and his Socratic method of questioning. (2) The term 'critical thinking' was first introduced by John Dewey in 1910 in his book "How We Think." This paper argues that both claims are incorrect. Firstly, critical…

This article focuses on an essential element of economic education, namely the ability to think critically. First, the significance of education and empowerment is discussed in relation to the two levels of subject and society. Subsequently, the educational intentions in the two fundamental paradigms of economic education are characterized, namely…

Scientific thinking and critical thinking are two intellectual processes that are considered keys in the basic and comprehensive education of citizens. For this reason, their development is also contemplated as among the main objectives of science education. However, in the literature about the two types of thinking in the context of science…

In today's digital milieu, characterized by pervasive media exposure, the intricate interplay between individual differences and cognitive processes has garnered significant scholarly interest. A notable facet of this interrelation pertains to the nexus between cognitive flexibility and individuals' engagement with online information. Recognized…

The purpose of this study is to construct a critical thinking measure that explores and evaluates how the preservice teachers develop critical thinking skills in a technology-enhanced prerequisite course in the teaching credential program at a school of education in Central California. In particular, we measured the students' critical thinking…

Ian Normile begins this study from the premise that critical thinking is often conceptualized and practiced in problematically narrow and instrumentalized ways. Following Ronald Barnett, he suggests that the idea of "critical being" can help expand the theory and practice of critical thinking to better meet the needs of education and…

Critical thinking, as one of the core literacies in the twenty-first century, is essentially the thinking process of making reasonable inferences, questioning and analyzing based on factual evidence. In this paper, we first coded the kindergarten manual class group peer evaluation text through the critical thinking framework proposed by Facione,…

This paper refers to the concept of 'historical thinking' as it appears in the three versions of the recent Greek History Curriculum for primary school. It is a comparative study of the discourse of the three versions of the recent history curriculum for primary school. The methodological approach of this study was founded on Critical Discourse…

In this article I draw on existing theory in a project of synthesis and integration to develop a terminological, conceptual, and graphic model for understanding the scope of critical thinking. I begin by showing why the idea of critical scope matters. I then develop a model that maps the scope of critical thinking across individual, sociocultural,…

Critical thinking is a vital skill set that can be learned and applied across contexts. This experimental study tested the effects of feeling awe on adults' critical thinking about art in an art museum visit. A total of 153 adults were interviewed at two different art museums in Copenhagen, Denmark. Adults were randomly assigned to either an…

This open access book discusses why the seemingly straightforward strategy of teaching children how to think deeply does not work and offers an alternative way forward for the curriculum to achieve these objectives. Over the years, the role of knowledge in the curriculum has, like a pendulum, shifted between two extremes, from highly visible to…

Background: Psychology students frequently continue to endorse psychological myths and misconceptions. The refutational method of instruction can reduce myth endorsement. Objective: This study aimed to replicate and extend prior research using infographics to refute psychological myths and misconceptions. Method: Undergraduate students in two…

Given the emphasis on critical thinking across the undergraduate curricula, research on argument visualisation has significant implications for designing learning activities in higher education. This systematic review examines research on the use of argument maps or diagrams by postsecondary students. The goals were to identify the themes,…

In Rortyan fashion, John and David (Siegfried and Colander 2022, 71-84) declare that the critical thinker will "try to learn from others rather than argue with others in order to dominate them." It amounts to saying that critical thinking is more a matter of character than of method, more a matter of ethics than of technique. John and…

The purpose of this article is to explore the use of authentic audiences in higher education to support undergraduate learning. To explore the results of integrating authentic audiences in higher education, we present a collective case study in which the use of authentic audiences was employed in separate undergraduate courses at two different…