Developing Critical Thinking In Efl Classes

Author : Yue Lin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789811077845

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Developing Critical Thinking in EFL Classes by Yue Lin Pdf

This book presents an innovative teaching experiment and an analytical study of critical thinking and the sociocultural theory of learning to illustrate the cognitive learning development mechanisms. It addresses the issues in developing critical thinking, including the controversy surrounding the definition, measurement and teaching of critical thinking, particularly in the L2 context. The book explains how infusion-thinking lessons can be structured to help students develop critical thinking along with language learning. Further, it uses a case study as a real-world example to examine the applicability and feasibility of infusion-thinking lessons in the EFL context and their effectiveness in developing students’ critical thinking and language learning. Packed with thinking activities and techniques, this practical, hands-on manual provides original ideas and empirical data, giving teachers everything they need to plan their lessons to improve students’ critical thinking within language courses and evaluate their teaching.

Author : Mal Leicester
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335238804

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EBOOK: Critical Thinking across the Curriculum: Developing Critical Thinking Skills, Literacy and Philosophy in the Primary Classroom by Mal Leicester Pdf

This exciting, practical book is an essential resource for every busy primary teacher and very easy to use in the classroom. It provides advice, original themed stories, critical learning activities and beautifully illustrated photocopiable resources for helping children to: Develop critical thinking skills Understand reason and knowledge in all the areas of the curriculum Draw on their natural wonder and curiosity, to engage in philosophical discussion. The photocopiable learning activities are differentiated for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, plus there are extension activities for enthusiastic, gifted and talented children. This fun resource will help your students practice generic skills, interdisciplinary skills which necessarily draw on several kinds of knowledge and understanding, and subject centred skills covering all areas of the curriculum in additional to the cross curricular values domains. Philosophy involves particular kinds of critical thinking and is also introduced in this book. Original, beautifully illustrated stories illuminate the abstract material, to make concrete and readily understandable the unfamiliar and complex ideas. Developing critical thinking skills has never been easier.

Author : L. Tran,S. Marginson,H. Do,T. Le,Nhai Nguyen,T. Vu,Thach Pham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137436481

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Higher Education in Vietnam by L. Tran,S. Marginson,H. Do,T. Le,Nhai Nguyen,T. Vu,Thach Pham Pdf

Higher and tertiary education are crucial to modern nations. Vietnam has great potential, but its universities and colleges are poor-performing, under-funded and slow to change compared to those in neighbouring East Asian nations. This book analyses the problem and provides constructive solutions for the reform of higher education.

Author : Lorna Idol,Beau Fly Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135434779

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Educational Values and Cognitive Instruction by Lorna Idol,Beau Fly Jones Pdf

This volume is a comprehensive guide to state-of-the-art research on thinking, cognitive instruction, social values, and reform. Cognitive instruction for at-risk students is discussed in great detail along with a thorough examination of the teaching of thinking skills from the viewpoint of educational values and school culture. The issues of thinking, learning, and cognitive instruction are linked to the educational reform movement from numerous perspectives. Specifically, the reader can better anticipate which aspects of research on thinking will conflict with existing paradigms and which aspects of schooling will be most resistant to change.

Author : Robinson, Sandra P.A.,Knight, Verna
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522578307

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Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy by Robinson, Sandra P.A.,Knight, Verna Pdf

Critical thinking is an essential skill for learners and teachers alike. Therefore, it is essential that educators be given practical strategies for improving their critical thinking skills as well as methods to effectively provide critical thinking skills to their students. The Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy examines and explains how new strategies, methods, and techniques in critical thinking can be applied to classroom practice and professional development to improve teaching and learning in teacher education and make critical thinking a tangible objective in instruction. This critical scholarly publication helps to shift and advance the debate on how critical thinking should be taught and offers insights into the significance of critical thinking and its effective integration as a cornerstone of the educational system. Highlighting topics such as early childhood education, curriculum, and STEM education, this book is designed for teachers/instructors, instructional designers, education professionals, administrators, policymakers, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Ellen Bastiaens,Jonathan van Tilburg,Jeroen van Merriënboer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319509938

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Research-Based Learning: Case Studies from Maastricht University by Ellen Bastiaens,Jonathan van Tilburg,Jeroen van Merriënboer Pdf

This book describes lessons learned from the implementation of research based learning at Maastricht University. Well-known for its problem based learning (PBL) educational model, Maastricht University implemented research-based learning (RBL) as a new educational concept in addition to PBL, around 2009. The model has taken the shape of an excellence programme offering third-year bachelor students an opportunity to conduct academic research together with academic staff. The introduction of the research-based learning concept into the programmes of all Maastricht University’s faculties has resulted in a range of RBL models that vary to fit the various disciplines and programmes offered by the faculties. The book first presents theoretical models and a description of the concepts of research-based learning and undergraduate research (UGR). Next, by means of case studies, it describes the formulas developed to suit the various programmes, the challenges encountered, the initial reservations on the part of the staff, the limitations caused by regulations and demands of the curricula, as well as the successes and results of the excellence programme. The disciplines described in the case studies include psychology and neuroscience, knowledge engineering, social and cultural sciences, law, and business and economics.

Author : Fernando Naiditch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475818949

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Developing Critical Thinking by Fernando Naiditch Pdf

Critical Thinking: From Theory to Classroom Practice invites readers to revisit their pedagogy to promote this type of inquiry. Scholars and practitioners from several content areas introduce several examples of instructional strategies, classroom practices, and projects at multiple grade levels. Their experiences come together to highlight practical ways to foster students’ critical thinking skills and encourage them to engage in learning in new ways.

Author : Linda Elder,Richard Paul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994*
Category : Cognition in children
ISBN : OCLC:222269021

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Critical Thinking Development by Linda Elder,Richard Paul Pdf

Author : Vincent-Lancrin Stéphan,González-Sancho Carlos,Bouckaert Mathias,de Luca Federico,Fernández-Barrerra Meritxell,Jacotin Gwénaël,Urgel Joaquin,Vidal Quentin
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264684003

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Educational Research and Innovation Fostering Students' Creativity and Critical Thinking What it Means in School by Vincent-Lancrin Stéphan,González-Sancho Carlos,Bouckaert Mathias,de Luca Federico,Fernández-Barrerra Meritxell,Jacotin Gwénaël,Urgel Joaquin,Vidal Quentin Pdf

Creativity and critical thinking are key skills for complex, globalised and increasingly digitalised economies and societies. While teachers and education policy makers consider creativity and critical thinking as important learning goals, it is still unclear to many what it means to develop these skills in a school setting. To make it more visible and tangible to practitioners, the OECD worked with networks of schools and teachers in 11 countries to develop and trial a set of pedagogical resources that exemplify what it means to teach, learn and make progress in creativity and critical thinking in primary and secondary education.

Author : Dennis Chun-Lok Fung,Tim Weijun Liang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9811324107

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Fostering Critical Thinking Through Collaborative Group Work by Dennis Chun-Lok Fung,Tim Weijun Liang Pdf

This book reports on studies contextualised within the curriculum development of General Studies in primary education and Liberal Studies in secondary education in Hong Kong. Both areas call for a learning environment that is conducive to the use of collaborative group work to foster critical thinking. By employing a mixed-methods approach and undertaking a teaching intervention based on Anderson et al.’s (2001) study, the book evaluates the effectiveness of group work in learners’ development of critical thinking skills and mindsets. In addition, it examines the influence of Chinese culture on the practice of group work. Findings from primary and secondary classrooms are subjected to a comparative analysis, yielding valuable insights into the relevance of group work for promoting critical thinking.

Author : Philip Yenawine
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781612506111

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Visual Thinking Strategies by Philip Yenawine Pdf

"What’s going on in this picture?" With this one question and a carefully chosen work of art, teachers can start their students down a path toward deeper learning and other skills now encouraged by the Common Core State Standards. The Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) teaching method has been successfully implemented in schools, districts, and cultural institutions nationwide, including bilingual schools in California, West Orange Public Schools in New Jersey, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It provides for open-ended yet highly structured discussions of visual art, and significantly increases students’ critical thinking, language, and literacy skills along the way. Philip Yenawine, former education director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and cocreator of the VTS curriculum, writes engagingly about his years of experience with elementary school students in the classroom. He reveals how VTS was developed and demonstrates how teachers are using art—as well as poems, primary documents, and other visual artifacts—to increase a variety of skills, including writing, listening, and speaking, across a range of subjects. The book shows how VTS can be easily and effectively integrated into elementary classroom lessons in just ten hours of a school year to create learner-centered environments where students at all levels are involved in rich, absorbing discussions.

Author : Russell Grigg,Helen Lewis
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781526465511

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Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking in Schools by Russell Grigg,Helen Lewis Pdf

How do we encourage children to think deeply about the world in which they live? Research-based and highly practical, this book provides guidance on how to develop creative and critical thinking through your classroom teaching. Key coverage includes: · Classroom-ready ideas to stimulate high-order thinking · How to think critically and creatively across all areas of the curriculum · Case studies from primary, secondary and special schools · Philosophical approaches that give pupils the space to think and enquire This is essential reading for anyone on university-led and schools-based primary and secondary initial teacher education courses including undergraduate (BEd, BA QTS), postgraduate (PGCE, SCITT), School Direct, Teach First and employment-based routes and also anyone training to work in early years settings.

Author : Daniel Fasko
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015056212296

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Critical Thinking and Reasoning by Daniel Fasko Pdf

THE CHAPTERS and discussions in the volume integrate the various perspectives on critical thinking and stimulate new thinking about thinking. Chapters in the first section present several issues that concern critical thinking, and discuss the lack of core concepts and structures in the field of teaching and critical thinking. Chapter 4 describes Sternberg's theory on how people think. The next three chapters focus on the learning and development of critical thinking and reasoning. Chapters 10 to 12 focus on the teaching of critical thinking, and Chapters 14 though 16 focus on the assessment of critical thinking. The epilogue discusses neglected issues in critical thinking.

Author : Ruth Matthews,Jo Lally
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781441125712

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The Thinking Teacher's Toolkit by Ruth Matthews,Jo Lally Pdf

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Author : Ken Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134984695

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Simulations: a Handbook for Teachers and Trainers by Ken Jones Pdf

This text provides practical advice and guidance on all aspects of choosing, using, designing, running and assessing simulations. This edition has been updated to include new simulations, references and practical examples.