Empowering Critical Thinking: The Role of Digital Tools in Citizen Participation

Autor/inn/en	Gonzalez-Mohino, Miguel; Rodriguez-Domenech, M. Ángeles; Callejas-Albiñana, Ana Isabel; Castillo-Canalejo, Ana
Titel	Empowering Critical Thinking: The Role of Digital Tools in Citizen Participation
Quelle	In: Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 12 (2023) 2, S.258-275 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gonzalez-Mohino, Miguel) ORCID (Rodriguez-Domenech, M. Ángeles) ORCID (Callejas-Albiñana, Ana Isabel) ORCID (Castillo-Canalejo, Ana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Technology Integration; Citizen Participation; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	The widespread use of digital technologies and the expansion of social networks has created new communication and meeting spaces where people and social and political actors connect with each other. This opens diverse spaces and possibilities for digital engagement in a more accessible, immediate, continuous, egalitarian, and personalized way. Digital technology facilitates learning, dissemination, and access to information, turning it into a means of communication and fueling the practice of critical thinking. In particular civic critical thinking practices improve the organization and effectiveness of civic networks and spaces for citizen participation, ultimately helping to produce responsible, conscious citizens. This study proposes a series of hypotheses based on the relationships between digital learning, critical thinking and civic participation, and tests them using the technique of structural equation modeling (SEM) with partial least squares (PLS) applied to a sample of 191 primary and secondary school students. The results indicate that digital tools have a positive impact on the development of critical thinking, and this influences citizen participation, transforming people into more engaged citizens of the world with participatory attitudes and values. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01