The power of problem-based learning in developing critical thinking skills: preparing students for tomorrow's digital futures in today's classrooms
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Article Title | The power of problem-based learning in developing critical thinking skills: preparing students for tomorrow's digital futures in today's classrooms |
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ERA Journal ID | 20348 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kek, Megan Yih Chyn A. (Author) and Huijser, Henk (Author) |
Journal Title | Higher Education Research and Development |
Journal Citation | 30 (3), pp. 329-341 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0729-4360 |
1469-8366 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2010.501074 |
Abstract | This article describes problem-based learning as a powerful pedagogical approach and an aligned teaching and learning system to explicitly and directly teach critical thinking skills, in a broad range of disciplines. Problem-based learning is argued to be a powerful pedagogical approach as it explicitly and actively engages students in a learning and teaching system, characterised by reiterative and reflective cycles of learning domain-specific knowledge and doing the thinking themselves. At the same time, students are guided and coached by the problem-based learning teacher who models critical thinking skills in the acquisition of the domain-specific knowledge. This article will explore what critical thinking actually means? What are critical thinking skills? How best to teach such skills? What is the potential role of problem-based learning in teaching critical thinking skills? Finally, this article reflects on how critical thinking can be developed through problem-based learning as a pedagogical approach in an aligned learning and teaching context. |
Keywords | constructively aligned teaching and learning; critical thinking; deep learning; student-focused approach to teaching; digital futures; problem-based learning |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
461199. Machine learning not elsewhere classified | |
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Byline Affiliations | Learning and Teaching Support Unit |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0qy7/the-power-of-problem-based-learning-in-developing-critical-thinking-skills-preparing-students-for-tomorrow-s-digital-futures-in-today-s-classrooms
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