Developing Critical Thinking in Technical and Vocational Education and Training

Critical thinking has been difficult to develop in technical and vocational education training, where acquiring practical skills is often the priority. This study looks at whether tried-and-tested methods for developing critical higher are also effective this educational context. To test this, an intervention was carried out as part of a compulsory, semester-long “Basic Communication Skills” class 149 first year engineering students. involved linking expected learning outcomes course series sub-skills comprising updated definition thinking. Furthermore, set strategies promoting active participation among students implemented. The proposed methodology led improved levels when compared traditional teaching methods. It found that lessons characterized interactive, dynamic, encouraging student facilitate teacher’s job classroom improve development specific