Creating Meaning. The Importance of Arts, Humanities and Culture for Critical Thinking Development

Autor/in	Dumitru, Daniela
Titel	Creating Meaning. The Importance of Arts, Humanities and Culture for Critical Thinking Development
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 44 (2019) 5, S.870-879 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1586345
Schlagwörter	Art Education; Humanities Instruction; Cultural Education; Higher Education; Critical Thinking; Creative Thinking; Educational Benefits; Employment Potential + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Geisteswissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Culture; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kritisches Denken; Kreatives Denken; Bildungsertrag; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit
Abstract	This paper discusses the need for Arts, Humanities and Cultural Studies to be widely studied within Higher Education. Research shows that such topics are necessary for the development of critical thinking, this type of analysis being innate to these domains. In this paper, I introduce the concept of "creating meaning," which I define as the link between creative thinking and critical thinking and as the first attribute of a critical thinker. Before making inferences, judgements or decisions, one must identify the framework of a problem, determine the parameters of the discussion and reflect upon assumptions. These are propaedeutic to a good discussion and are prerequisites of a good critical thinker. Arguing that creativity is "not" a separate process from critical thinking, I aim to demonstrate that the Arts, Humanities and Cultural Studies are the promoters of critical thinking. Because disciplines in these fields are likely to create environments that foster critical thinking and encourage the production of meaning, I argue that these necessarily belong in all curricula of Higher Education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01