Developing Student Criticality in Higher Education: Undergraduate Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences

by Brenda Johnston, Peter Ford, Rosamond Mitchell, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441137874
• ISBN13: 9781441137876
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"