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Truth, Rhetoric, And Critical Thinking, Lajos L. Brons
Truth, Rhetoric, And Critical Thinking, Lajos L. Brons
Lajos Brons
Despite the extraordinary amount of attention critical thinking has received in the last few decades, the teaching and fostering of critical thinking in higher education is largely failing, and critical thinking has become an empty buzzword. However, given its importance as an aim of education, it needs to be “refilled”, but that is possible only after identifying the causes of the current failure, i.e. the obstacles to fostering critical thinking. Three such obstacles are identified in this paper, two actual and one hypothetical: (1) the lack of clarity and agreement about what critical thinking is, (2) current teaching practice, and …
Cognitive Effects Of Argument Visualization Tools, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Cognitive Effects Of Argument Visualization Tools, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
External representations play a crucial role in learning. At the same time, cognitive load theory suggests that the possibility of learning depends on limited resources of the working memory and on cognitive load imposed by instructional design and representation tools. Both these observations motivate a critical look at Computer-Supported Argument Visualization (CSAV) tools that are supposed to facilitate learning. This paper uses cognitive load theory to compare the cognitive efficacy of RationaleTM 2 and AGORA.
Teaching Integratively: Five Dimensions Of Transformation, Roben Torosyan
Teaching Integratively: Five Dimensions Of Transformation, Roben Torosyan
Roben Torosyan Ph.D.
Compares models for personal, professional & civic life applications. Abstract: This chapter describes five dimensions of living and learning, and offers a comparison with other major models, with powerful practices to help learners consider multiple perspectives and apply learning concretely to personal, professional and civic life alike. Book description: Leading researchers and practitioners explore the frontiers of education from an Integral perspective.The educational challenges faced today are driving us toward a new step in the evolution of educational theory and practice. Educators are called to go beyond simply presenting alternatives, to integrating the best of mainstream and alternative approaches and …