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Peer reviewedBrandhorst, Allan R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Refutes the idea that critical thinking is not a skill by analyzing it from the phenomenological perspective of Edmund Husserl, and from the hermeneutic perspective of Martin Heidegger. Develops the thesis that critical thinking is a restructuring of schemata. Addresses the problem of attention or student engagement. (LS)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style
