创新浪潮下英语专业学生批判性思维调查与培养——以河北农业大学为例

Investigation and cultivation of English majors' critical thinking under the innovation wave——Agricultural university of Hebei as the example

英语专业学生批判性思维的研究在教育界逐渐受到重视。以河北农业大学英语专业学生为例,研究英语专业学生的批判性思维能力现状和相关因素,为高等教育改革提供依据。研究主要采用调查问卷的方式,利用SPSS17.0进行了描述性分析。调查结果发现:英语专业学生的批判性思维倾向平均得分为247.72,呈中性;批判性思维技能测试总平均分为16.9,与美国常模相比较弱。分析原因提出:要进一步提高英语专业学生批判性思维能力,必须转变教育观念,不断改革传统的课程体系,改进教学方法,营造批判性思维的学习氛围等。

Critical thinking of English majors in education has been gradually taken seriously. This paper takes English majors of Hebei Agricultural University as an example to study their critical thinking and related factors with the expection of providing basis for the reform of higher education. We used the questionnaire in the study and made descriptive analysis with the help of SPSS17.0. The findings are： English majors averaged 247. 72 in critical thinking inclination, which was neutral; critical thinking skills test averaged 16.9, which was relatively weak compared with the U. S. Norm. According to the analysis of the reasons, the paper puts forward the suggestion that changing concepts of education, reforming the traditional curriculum, improving teaching methods, creating a learning environment of critical thinking are the ways to further improve critical thinking of English majors.