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Zusatztext This book is an important contribution to important current debates about higher education... The evident awareness of broader issues affecting higher education means that the authors are able to use their detailed and wide-ranging discussion of criticality to engage with fundamental issues such as the purposes of higher education. In addition to being able to shed light on such issues the authors also engage impressively with the literature. Informationen zum Autor Rosamond Mitchell is Professor in the School of Humanities and Director of the Centre for Applied Language Research at the University of Southampton, UK.Florence Myles is Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Essex, UK. Vorwort A rounded conceptual vision of criticality in higher education for the twenty-first century, demontrating ways forward in theory, research and practice of critical thinking. Zusammenfassung Critical thinking is a major and enduring aspect of higher education and the development of criticality in students has long been a core aim. However, understandings of criticality are conceptually and empirically unclear. The book combines a well developed conceptual discussion of the nature of criticality appropriate for the twenty-first century, the extent to which it is attainable by arts and social science undergraduates, and the paths by which it is developed during students’ higher education experiences. Drawing upon empirical accounts and case studies of teaching and learning in different disciplines, this book critically analyses higher education curriculum and policy documentation to explore higher educational processes, encouraging a re-evaluation of practice and educational values, and enabling the development of curricula which incorporate systematic attention to the development of student criticality. This book proposes a rounded conceptual vision of criticality in higher education for the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction \ 2. Conceptualizations of Criticality in Higher Education: Philosophical, Field-Specific and Political Engagement Approaches \ 3. Conceptualizations of Criticality in Higher Education: Psychological Approaches \ 4. A Proposed Framework for Criticality Development \ 5. Criticality Goals in the Undergraduate Curriculum \ 6. Becoming Critical: Teaching and Learning Processes \ 7. Student Writing and Criticality Development \ 8. Experiential Learning and Criticality Development \ 9. Conclusions and Implications \ References \ Index...
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Brenda Johnston is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK.Peter Ford was Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Southampton, UK.Rosamond Mitchell is Professor in the School of Humanities and Director of the Centre for Applied Language Research at the University of Southampton, UK.Florence Myles is Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Essex, UK.Anthony Haynes is former Chair of the English Association schools committee, former faculty co-ordinator and mentor of PGCE students and NQTs.
