In search of critical thinking in psychology: an exploration of student and lecturer understandings in higher education
Journal article
Authors | Duro, Elaine, Elander, James, Maratos, Frances A., Stupple, Edward J. N. and Aubeeluck, Aimee |
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Abstract | This qualitative study of understandings of critical thinking in higher education aimed to identify themes that could help to demystify critical thinking and inform its more explicit incorporation in the psychology curriculum. Data collected from focus groups with 26 undergraduate psychology students and individual semi-structured interviews with 4 psychology lecturers were examined using thematic analysis. The same key themes were identified from both student and lecturer data: ‘vague beginnings’, ‘conceptualizations’, ‘development and transitions’, and ‘learning strategies’. Both students and lecturers described critical thinking as implicit knowledge that develops through social interactions. The findings indicate the importance of explicit discussion about critical thinking, and could be used to inform the design and delivery of instructional methods to promote critical thinking |
Keywords | Critical Thinking; Psychology; Teaching; Learning; Higher education |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | Psychology Learning & Teaching |
Journal citation | 12 (3) |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
ISSN | 1475-7257 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.2304/plat.2013.12.3.275 |
Web address (URL) | http://plj.sagepub.com/lookup/doi/10.2304/plat.2013.12.3.275 |
http://hdl.handle.net/10545/565662 | |
hdl:10545/565662 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 01 Jan 2013 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 05 Aug 2015 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Psychology Learning & Teaching |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9536q/in-search-of-critical-thinking-in-psychology-an-exploration-of-student-and-lecturer-understandings-in-higher-education
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