Critical Thinking And Language
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Critical Thinking And Language
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Author : Tim John Moore
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-10-13
Critical Thinking And Language written by Tim John Moore and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book clarifies the idea of critical thinking by investigating the 'critical' practices of academics across a range of disciplines. Drawing on key theorists - Wittgenstein, Geertz, Williams, Halliday - and using a 'textographic' approach, the book explores how the concept of critical thinking is understood by academics and also how it is constructed discursively in the texts and practices they employ in their teaching. Critical thinking is one of the most widely discussed concepts in debates on university learning. For many, the idea of teaching students to be critical thinkers characterizes more than anything else the overriding purpose of 'higher education'. But whilst there is general agreement about its importance as an educational ideal, there is surprisingly little agreement about what the concept means exactly. Also at issue is how and what students need to be taught in order to be properly critical in their field. This searching monograph seeks answers to these important questions.
Critical Thinking
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Author : GREGORY. BOON HADLEY (ANDREW.)
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-10-31
Critical Thinking written by GREGORY. BOON HADLEY (ANDREW.) and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-31 with categories.
Critical Thinking provides language teachers with a dynamic framework for encouraging critical thinking skills in explicit, systematic ways during their lessons. With the proliferation of fallacious arguments, fake news, and untrustworthy sources in today's multimedia landscape, critical thinking skills are vital not only in one's native language, but also when engaged in the task of language learning. Written with the language teacher in mind, this book provides a springboard for teaching critical thinking skills in multicultural, multilingual classrooms. Suitable for graduate students, in-training teachers, and language curriculum developers interested in purposeful applications of critical thinking pedagogy for the second-language classroom, this volume presents classroom activities, suggestions for lesson planning, and ideas for researching the impact of critical thinking activities with second-language learners. This book is ideal as an invaluable resource for teacher-directed classroom investigations as well as graduate dissertation projects.
Higher Order Thinking Skills In The Language Classroom A Concise Guide
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Author : Afsaneh Ghanizadeh
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-11
Higher Order Thinking Skills In The Language Classroom A Concise Guide written by Afsaneh Ghanizadeh and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-11 with Education categories.
In this book, we try to provide a practical, down-to-earth guide for those who are involved in language learning and teaching. We hope that this book will be a useful reading for those who would like to incorporate higher-order thinking skills (HOTS)-enhancing techniques in their teaching practice. We set out from the position that, although it is hardly doubtful that it is at the heart of education, critical thinking is in reality often not given its due attention in pedagogy, particularly in language education. This book offers readers some practical advice on how to implement HOTS in their own practice. It has been written to take the reader through each technique with the ultimate goal of promoting HOTS step-by-step. In the introductory chapter, we present an overview of the theory behind HOTS, its definition, its relation to Bloom’s Taxonomy, its two dimensions (critical thinking and reflective thinking), and the ideas of some influential thinkers in this area. The subsequent chapters present six HOTS-enhancing techniques that classroom teachers can draw from, namely graphic organizers, critical discourse analysis, argumentation, emotion regulation and emotional intelligence enhancing techniques, reflective journals, and mindfulness-based strategies. As the book draws on a wide-ranging review of literature with exercises for direct use with language learners, we hope that this provides both theoretical and practical support for the teaching process to help language learners become effective critical thinkers. The compilation of the ideas in this book took us a long time, over a decade. Something that takes such a long time requires much engagement and life experience; so did this book.
Developing Critical Thinking In Efl Classes
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Author : Yue Lin
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-02-09
Developing Critical Thinking In Efl Classes written by Yue Lin and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking
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Author : Michael Singh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-07
Postmonolingual Critical Thinking written by Michael Singh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Education categories.
Maintaining English as the sole language of knowledge production and dissemination in universities that enrol students who speak multiple languages, and those students learning other languages, is questionable. This groundbreaking work calls into question the exclusive use of academic English in internationalising higher education teaching and research. By interrogating the dominant assumptions informing the monolingual mindset, Postmonolingual Critical Thinking indicates that academically literate students can capably use their repertoires of languages and knowledge for educational purposes. The case for students’ languages and knowledge having a place in English-medium universities is made through evidence of the uses of Zhōngwén, academic Chinese. Proposing to broaden the scope of languages used for knowledge production and dissemination, this book highlights the educational potential of multilingualism. Postmonolingual Critical Thinking makes a unique proposal: that universities which recruit doctoral students from Asia create education policy practices that enable them to extend their multilingual capabilities. Arguing that by drawing on intellectual resources from their various languages, students construct knowledge of critical thinking in complex, interesting and potentially innovative ways, this book guides higher education institutions in putting this into practice. It outlines a pragmatic approach for universities to explore the potential of multipolar, multilingual education, while being attentive to the tensions posed by assertions of a monolingual mindset. Postmonolingual Critical Thinking has the potential to create great change in a higher education sector which is mired by a monolingual approach to graduate training. This unique and thought-provoking book is essential reading for those in the fields of applied linguistics, comparative education, higher education, international studies, teacher education and translation studies.
To Think
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Author : Frank Smith
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-04
To Think written by Frank Smith and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-04 with Education categories.
One of the central questions facing anyone involved in education is can you actually teach anyone to think? To begin to answer this question, it is necessary to know what thinking means. Frank Smith is one of the most influential writers in education today. His work on reading in particular has had a seminal effect on classroom practice throughout the English-speaking world. At the core of all his work has been this issue of the nature of thought. In this book, he analyses the language of thinking and then moves on to look at different aspects of the thinking process: everyday thought, creative and critical thought. Finally he looks critically at the various methods currently advocated for teaching children to think, arguing that learning to think is in the end less a matter of instruction than of experience and opportunity.
Critical Thinking In Language Learning
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Author : Engracia Angrill Schuster
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-07-28
Critical Thinking In Language Learning written by Engracia Angrill Schuster and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-28 with Foreign Language Study categories.
[This book] guides language instructors and course developers through the process of creating materials and developing curricula that promote cultural inquiry exploration. The purpose is to sustain learners' interest in cultural study and prepare them to effectively communicate in the target language in a variety of personal and professional situations."--P. [4] of cover
Critical Thinking For Language Teachers With A Foreword By Audrey Osler And Hugh Starkey
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Author : Melina Porto
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-05
Critical Thinking For Language Teachers With A Foreword By Audrey Osler And Hugh Starkey written by Melina Porto and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05 with categories.
This book will appeal to language teachers who wish to instill critical thinking in their students, as well as teacher educators. Four case studies, authored by classroom teachers, illustrate the development of critical thinking in the foreign language classroom in primary and secondary school contexts in Argentina. Using a wide variety of data collected from their students, such as drawings, posters, conversations between students in the classroom, and leaflets, the studies illuminate neglected aspects of critical thinking, namely its citizenship and human rights dimensions, which involve imaginative, moral and ethical concerns. The book also presents three booklets for the classroom, free for download, designed in Argentina, and intended to develop these dimensions. Finally, there is a concrete proposal for teacher education. The volume contains a Foreword by Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey.
Education Culture And Critical Thinking
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Author : Ken Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-17
Education Culture And Critical Thinking written by Ken Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-17 with Social Science categories.
Published in 1998. Interest in the subject of "critical thinking" has mounted, seeking ways to transcend rote learning and to remedy a widely perceived lack of critical, analytical abilities amongst school students. A growing literature on "teaching thinking" and "problem solving" maintains this commitment, reflecting a common belief that thinking skills of a general nature can not only be identified, but can be taught successfully. The paucity of empirical evidence that intellectual skills thus identified actually transfer between domains of thought or subject matters has done little to diminish faith in the possiblity that this is achievable. The principal message of this book is that theories of critical thinking which disregard its historical origins and dialectical, traditional character are likely to be seriously flawed. All human societies exhibit problem solving abilities, often of a high order - all language and thought is fundamentally criteriological. Relevant distinctions between critical thought and its alternative are found in history and culture, in dialogue and criticism, not just in the operations of individual minds. The critical traditions embody a sovereign principle - a criterion of the effectiveness of educational institutions to represent the legacy and social liberties and democratic values in which they are deeply enmeshed.
Thinking Skills And Creativity In Second Language Education
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Author : Li Li
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-26
Thinking Skills And Creativity In Second Language Education written by Li Li and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-26 with Education categories.
Across the world, education is being restructured to include greater focus on developing critical and creative skills. In second language education, research suggests that cognition and language development are closely related. Yet despite increasing interest in the teaching of thinking skills, critical thinking has not been widely intergrated into language teaching. Thinking Skills and Creativity in Second Language Education presents a range of investigations exploring the relationship between thinking skills and creativity, and second language education. Focusing on cognitive, affective, social, and emotional perspectives, this book highlights current research and raises questions that will set the direction for future research. Its aims are as follows: Provide an in-depth understanding of the link between second language development and thinking skills. Consider approaches to developing thinking skills in second language instruction. Examine practices in implementing thinking skills in second language learning. Offer an updated list of sources of information on thinking skills in second language education. A new addition to the Research on Teaching Thinking and Creativity series, this book is relevant to researchers in the field of educational psychology, to Masters degree and PhD students in this field, and to anyone interested in developing thinking skills.