Critical thinking disposition: A neglected loop of humanities curriculum in higher education

dc.creator	Maghsood Amin Khandaghi, Hamideh Pakmehr
dc.date	2011-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:52Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:52Z
dc.identifier	1305-9076
dc.identifier	1305-905X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d8d2638ae0164e0791a01fd904be1cc5
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15579
dc.description	This survey aimed at investigating students' critical thinking dispositions in humanities fields. 123 students were randomlyselected by stratified sampling method among undergraduate students in the College of Humanities in Ferdowsi University ofMashhad, Iran during academic year of 2010-2011. They completed Ricketts' Critical Thinking Disposition Questionnaire. Overly,finding showed that all subjects achieved optimal level of critical thinking in the moderated level, but not in the strict level.There were no significant differences in the subjects' critical thinking dispositions according to their gender and their year ofstudy (study length). Based on the findings, revising all curriculum elements, especially that of teaching-learning methods is anecessity. Implications for applying active learning and problem solving approaches to enhance students' critical thinkingdisposition were proposed.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turskish
dc.publisher	World Education, Science, Research and Counseling Center
dc.relation	http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/cjes/article/view/249/7.1
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-9076
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-905X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC
dc.source	Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 01-13 (2011)
dc.subject	Critical thinking
dc.subject	Disposition
dc.subject	Humanities
dc.subject	Curriculum
dc.subject	Higher Education
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Critical thinking disposition: A neglected loop of humanities curriculum in higher education
dc.type	article