批判性思维与IB知识论课程

Critical Thinking and the TOK Curriculum

批判性思维具有悠久的历史,由于其对人类认知的意义,受到西方教育界的高度重视。国际中学文凭项目(IB)对批判性思维能力和精神的培养贯穿在它的课程、教学和评价当中。其中的知识论课程既是IB项目的核心课程,也是培养批判性思维的主战场,它是IB教育理念的核心反映。其课程目标、课程组织、教学的方法、评价等方面的经验为我们学习如何培养批判性思维提供了一个很好的样本,值得我们借鉴效仿。

Critical thinking has a long history, and because of its significance for man＇s cognition, it has long been pursued by the western education. The TOK curriculum of International Baccalaureate gives us a good model of how to teach critical thinking through its curriculum organization, teaching methods and examinations.