Critical Thinking in the University Curriculum--The Impact on Engineering Education

Autor/inn/en	Ahern, A.; O'Connor, T.; McRuairc, G.; McNamara, M.; O'Donnell, D.
Titel	Critical Thinking in the University Curriculum--The Impact on Engineering Education
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 37 (2012) 2, S.125-132 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2012.666516
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Interviews; Critical Thinking; Interdisciplinary Approach; Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Models; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Graduate Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kritisches Denken; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Analogiemodell; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium
Abstract	Critical thinking is a graduate attribute that many courses, including engineering courses, claim to produce in students. As a graduate attribute it is seen by academics as a particularly desirable outcome of student learning and is said by researchers to be a defining characteristic of university education. However, how critical thinking is understood and defined varies quite significantly between disciplines. The paper describes a series of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with academics involved in teaching and learning in a number of disciplines, including engineering. The objective of these interviews is to look at how different disciplines define critical thinking and how they teach critical thinking in their courses. The paper also describes how an analysis of student work and module descriptors has led to the development of a model of critical thinking that can be used across disciplines. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10