Examination of Critical Thinking Abilities in Home Economics Education

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  • 家庭科における批判的思考力の検討
  • 家庭科における批判的思考力の検討 : Ennis, R. H. の批判的思考論に着目して
  • カテイカ ニ オケル ヒハンテキ シコウリョク ノ ケントウ : Ennis, R. H. ノ ヒハンテキ シコウロン ニ チャクモク シテ
  • : Focusing on a Theory of Critical Thinking by R. H. Ennis
  • Ennis, R. H. の批判的思考論に着目して

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The purpose of this study is an examination of critical thinking abilities in home economics classes based on a critical thinking theory of R. H. Ennis to clear specifically what kind of abilities for critical thinking in home economics. Ennis defines critical thinking as“ reflective and reasonable thinking that is focused on deciding what to believe or do” (Ennis, 1985, p. 45). Furthermore, Ennis considers critical thinking as a creative and practical action and placed importance on rationality and reflection. Ennis regards critical thinking process as being connected to decision making and shows abilities and construction of critical thinking basis on this theory. Ennis refers to clarity, basis, inference, and interaction as constitutes critical thinking abilities in detail. For setting up hypothesis of theory of critical thinking abilities in home economics, clarity and interaction are picked up. Ennis regards clarity as an ability that leads to a problem discovery and a problem solving, and, interaction as one that leads to an ability of thinking diversely and objectively to grasp own life and ability that develop one’s thought and opinion. These abilities are considered to be equivalent to ability to analyze own life and ability to form opinions by examining things closely and selecting things carefully to think objectively and diversely and to develop thought and opinion that are regarded as important in home economics education. Based on Ennis’s theory it is hypothesized that critical thinking abilities in home economics involve clarification of own life, clarification of the problem, reflection to make an action, and clarification of the action in own life. These abilities are thought to enable one to create the action in own life. Undergoing the critical thinking process, through clarification of own life and clarification of the problem, students are expected to reflection to make an action in real life, and to create an action in the real life by clarification of the action in own life, connected to decision making. And interaction affects each factor to encourage acquiring abilities for critical thinking.

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