Developing College Students’ Critical Thinking

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  • 大学教育におけるクリティカルシンキング : 育成課題の検討
  • ダイガク キョウイク ニ オケル クリティカルシンキング : イクセイ カダイ ノ ケントウ

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Recently, similar to the trend in America, England, and Australia, fostering college students’ critical thinking has become an important aspect of students’ general learning outcomes in Japan. The purpose of this paper is to examine the theoretical and practical issues for developing students’ critical thinking in higher education and to show an example of educational practice that contributes to students’ development during their first year, which serves as a foundation of improvement. This paper reviews the field of critical thinking research and discusses the following four points: (1) the definition of critical thinking and Student Learning Objectives, (2) the generalizability and transferability of critical thinking, (3) four approaches to incorporate critical thinking in the curriculum, and (4) the problems specific to first-year students and an overview of effective pedagogy. This paper concludes that to cultivate a college student’s critical thinking, creating a cooperative learning environment toward social construction is important.

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