Educational Sustainability: Critical Thinking for Challenging Times

First Year ESL Students Developing Critical Thinking: Challenging the Stereotypes

Reporting a case study of two high-achieving Chinese students studying at a university in Hong Kong, this paper presents evidence that poses an anti-thesis to the stereotypes of first year university students as holding naïve beliefs about learning and of ̳Chinese learners‘ as lacking in critical thinking. Many studies have examined Chinese students‘ learning experiences within local educationa...

Hard Times for Unions: Challenging Times for Scholars

It is rather disconcerting to open an envelope from a law review and find enclosed a manuscript of a forthcoming article to which the editors are asking you to respond. In this case, a quick glance at the opening page of Hard Times for Unions1 revealed that Professors LaLonde and Meltzer were referring to my article, Promises to Keep,2 as a "celebrated work." I knew full well, though, that thei...

Critical Thinking about 'critical Thinking'

Do current educational programs address critical thinking in nurse anesthesia?

Critical thinking skills are vital in any of the nursing and medical specialties. These skills can be taught using adult teaching methods and should be incorporated into all courses in the educational process. Unfortunately, some nurse anesthesia programs fail to adequately address critical thinking or the use of these skills. They often teach using rigidly structured models. This descriptive s...

How to Improve Critical Thinking Using Educational Technology

Critical thinking is highly valued but difficult to teach effectively. The Reason! project at the University of Melbourne has developed the Reason!Able software as part of a general method aimed at enhancing critical thinking skills. Students using Reason!Able appear to make dramatic gains. This paper describes the challenge involved, the theoretical basis of the Reason! project, the Reason!Abl...