Cultivating students'higher-order thinking is one of the important goals of modern education,and innovative teaching model is an effective way to achieve this goal.Aiming at the inadequacy of the existing moral di...Cultivating students'higher-order thinking is one of the important goals of modern education,and innovative teaching model is an effective way to achieve this goal.Aiming at the inadequacy of the existing moral dilemma stories approach in the transformation of knowledge and behavior,this research constructs a new Project Based Learning-Ethical Dilemma Stories(PBL-EDS)Teaching Model applicable to China's secondary education stage based on the innovative features of the moral dilemma stories approach on the core competencies,taking the chemistry subject as an example to carry out practice,and puts forward suggestions for the implementation of the teaching model.Chemistry as an example to carry out the practice,and suggestions are made for the implementation of the teaching model.展开更多
Objective:High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment.The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking dispositi...Objective:High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment.The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking disposition,professional commitment,and the relationship between these 2 variables among nurses.Methods:As a result of stratified random sampling,201 nurses were enrolled in the present cross-sectional study.Data were gathered using a socio-demographic form,the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory(CTDI),and the Nurses'Professional Commitment Scale(NPCS).Results:Although the critical thinking disposition scores were at a moderate level(115.70±13.55),the mean score for professional commitment was high(91.37±11.77).A positive correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and professional commitment(r=0.67,P=0.001).Conclusions:Nursing managers are urged to employ strategies to enhance nurses'critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.展开更多
Critical thinking has been recognized internationally as an essential skill for high-quality talents.This article analyzes what the experimental researches on cultivating critical thinking skills in EFL teaching have ...Critical thinking has been recognized internationally as an essential skill for high-quality talents.This article analyzes what the experimental researches on cultivating critical thinking skills in EFL teaching have achieved and identifies the three weaknesses to be addressed in the future.Firstly,there are divergences among scholars on the concept and subskills of critical thinking.Secondly,the teaching modes and methods explored by the experimental researches are more personalized than systematic,which reduces their application and guidance value.Thirdly,the reliability and validity of the experiments need to be improved,and the cultivation practices tend to improve the critical thinking skills of some students,without considering the differences among students,especially the students with relatively poor language proficiency.展开更多
This paper explores the potential of applying online collaborative documents to foster critical thinking skills in EFL college-level classrooms.Considering the limitations of traditional teacher-centered approaches an...This paper explores the potential of applying online collaborative documents to foster critical thinking skills in EFL college-level classrooms.Considering the limitations of traditional teacher-centered approaches and the need for innovative methods,the study examines the integration of online collaborative tools,using Tencent Docs as an example.The discussion highlights the importance of critical thinking in the academic and professional spheres and introduces the concept of online collaborative documents for enhancing this cognitive skill.Through a detailed exploration,the paper presents a model of employing collaborative documents within a college English class,demonstrating how students collaboratively learning an article.Then,the paper discusses the pros and cons of employing this technology in classroom.The conclusion emphasizes the transformative potential of integrating technology into pedagogy and its role in creating a dynamic learning environment.The paper underscores the importance of striking a balance between technology and traditional methods,foreseeing avenues for further research and development.展开更多
English speech is an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Meanwhile,the cultivation of critical thinking has been universally recognized as one of the goals of higher educa...English speech is an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Meanwhile,the cultivation of critical thinking has been universally recognized as one of the goals of higher education.However,critical thinking,as a top-level cognitive ability,is extremely abstract and complex,so how to put it into English speech is a challenge.Therefore,in order to simplify the issue,inspired by the interdependent relatiomhip between critical thinking and creativity,this article helps to explore some skills of cultivation.展开更多
Critical thinking,as higher-order thinking,is the use of relatively complex cognitive skills like analyzing,reasoning,making judgments.This paper analyzed the distribution of exercises on critical thinking skills in E...Critical thinking,as higher-order thinking,is the use of relatively complex cognitive skills like analyzing,reasoning,making judgments.This paper analyzed the distribution of exercises on critical thinking skills in EAP writing context for EFL students.The data were randomly collected and systematically coded according to the new version of Bloom’s taxonomy of critical thinking cue questions:lower-order thinking(LOT,including remembering,understanding,and applying)and higher-order thinking(HOT,including analyzing,evaluating,and creating).The findings showed that HOT exercises have a higher proportion than LOT exercises in EAP writing context for EFL students.Most cue questions in HOT exercises greatly emphasize the training of critical thinking skills and enhance the effectiveness of promoting learners’critical thinking skills.Therefore,critical thinking skills,as a product of training and practice,tend to be trained to improve students’language learning and development,and especially to facilitate development of cognitive and higher-order cognitive skills.Based on the findings,the training of critical thinking is expected to be improved in English learning for EFL undergraduates,so as to make improvement in cultivating Chinese EFL students’critical thinking skills.展开更多
this first paper focuses on seeking conceptual clarity;the second paper will focus on how nurses use critical thinking in clinical cases;and the third paper will focus on how advanced nurse practitioners use critical ...this first paper focuses on seeking conceptual clarity;the second paper will focus on how nurses use critical thinking in clinical cases;and the third paper will focus on how advanced nurse practitioners use critical thinking to provide safe and high quality care to patients and families.We welcome nursing colleagues in China respond our paper.展开更多
"思维品质"作为英语学科核心素养之一,一直备受关注。2019年也正式出台了核心素养版的人教版高中英语教材。该文旨在通过研究新人教版高中英语必修第一册、第二册,分析教材中"Reading and Thinking"板块批判性思维..."思维品质"作为英语学科核心素养之一,一直备受关注。2019年也正式出台了核心素养版的人教版高中英语教材。该文旨在通过研究新人教版高中英语必修第一册、第二册,分析教材中"Reading and Thinking"板块批判性思维的体现。该文选取了《特尔斐报告》中的认知技能框架,分别为阐释、分析、评价、推理、说明和自我校准,在批判性思维的理论框架之下,结合核心素养版的人教版高中必修教材,着重分析教材里"Reading and Thinking"板块,看批判性思维的各个层次在阅读练习中如何体现。展开更多
After discussing the important concepts that guide English teaching in universities in China, the author draws a roadmap of Language and Intercultural Critical Thinking Integrated Approach (LICTIA) for English teachin...After discussing the important concepts that guide English teaching in universities in China, the author draws a roadmap of Language and Intercultural Critical Thinking Integrated Approach (LICTIA) for English teaching for non-English major graduates in Central University of Finance and Economics, and then expounds on the particulars concerning the application of LICTIA in English classes. English teaching for non-English major graduates aims to cultivate graduates’ global competence and intercultural critical thinking ability besides the improved language skills.展开更多
Selected Readings in American Literature is a required course for the third year of English major,and it is also a compulsory course for the Bachelor Degree of English Language and Literature at School of Foreign Lang...Selected Readings in American Literature is a required course for the third year of English major,and it is also a compulsory course for the Bachelor Degree of English Language and Literature at School of Foreign Languages,Leshan Normal University.The course uses the combination of English literary reading and course paper writing to develop students’English reading and writing skills,while focusing on the cultivating critical thinking skills of English majors.展开更多
After the exploration of different kind of thinking skills oriented to dis-cerning complex issues and phenomena,this article argues about the need to use a new modality of thinking,defined as integral thinking.Based o...After the exploration of different kind of thinking skills oriented to dis-cerning complex issues and phenomena,this article argues about the need to use a new modality of thinking,defined as integral thinking.Based on the holonic theory and on the proprieties of the holons and their part-whole relationships,the paper proposes and characterizes integral think-ing,a kind of thinking that is holistic but also has span and profundity,going beyond conventional Aristotelian epistemic-inspired ways.Integral thinking joins in a single model the assets of premodern,modern and postmodern thinking systems;and helps in going beyond the nowadays syncretism of many perspectives.Integral thinking is the kind of thinking appropriated to the contemporary need to think integrally in science,cul-ture,professions,and arts or about the evolution of personal conscious-ness.It’s useful also to be applied in the diverse professional fields,espe-cially when comprehensive approaches are needed.Integral thinking can be used in holistic education and pedagogies.The use of integral thinking in the educational actuality can help to characterize the integral education practice and agenda.展开更多
The educational orientation in 21 stcentury has shifted from traditional approach that solely driving academic achievement, to a comprehensive orientation that emphasises innovation and diversity. Following this trend...The educational orientation in 21 stcentury has shifted from traditional approach that solely driving academic achievement, to a comprehensive orientation that emphasises innovation and diversity. Following this trend, teaching students the skills of thinking such as creative thinking, critical thinking, etc. has been widely recognised as a hot topic in the recent classrooms.Some researches show that Edward de Bono's six thinking hats are affording both teachers and students well-structured framework for thinking skills' training. Therefore, in the EFL/ESL classroom, teachers' teaching targets are likely to promote students' learning outcomes through teaching thinking skills depending on Six Thinking Hats approach and a majority practices show that the results are satisfied.展开更多
With the development of mass media,English speech has become an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Whether it is a political speech,a motivational speech,or an ordinary p...With the development of mass media,English speech has become an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Whether it is a political speech,a motivational speech,or an ordinary public speech,the wisdom and charm of critical thinking are always given into full play.This study analyzes the cultivation of critical thinking in English speech with the aid of representative examples,which is significant for cultivating college students’critical thinking as well as developing their critical thinking skills in English speech.展开更多
基金supported by the Macao Foundation's research project"An Empirical Study on the Training Standards for Innovative Talents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area"(MF2315)the 2021 General Project of the 14th Five-Year Plan of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Guangdong Province of China(Number:GD21CJY08).
文摘Cultivating students'higher-order thinking is one of the important goals of modern education,and innovative teaching model is an effective way to achieve this goal.Aiming at the inadequacy of the existing moral dilemma stories approach in the transformation of knowledge and behavior,this research constructs a new Project Based Learning-Ethical Dilemma Stories(PBL-EDS)Teaching Model applicable to China's secondary education stage based on the innovative features of the moral dilemma stories approach on the core competencies,taking the chemistry subject as an example to carry out practice,and puts forward suggestions for the implementation of the teaching model.Chemistry as an example to carry out the practice,and suggestions are made for the implementation of the teaching model.
文摘Objective:High-quality and successful nursing care delivery in a variety of situations requires critical thinking training and professional commitment.The present study aimed to investigate critical thinking disposition,professional commitment,and the relationship between these 2 variables among nurses.Methods:As a result of stratified random sampling,201 nurses were enrolled in the present cross-sectional study.Data were gathered using a socio-demographic form,the Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory(CTDI),and the Nurses'Professional Commitment Scale(NPCS).Results:Although the critical thinking disposition scores were at a moderate level(115.70±13.55),the mean score for professional commitment was high(91.37±11.77).A positive correlation was found between critical thinking disposition and professional commitment(r=0.67,P=0.001).Conclusions:Nursing managers are urged to employ strategies to enhance nurses'critical thinking disposition and professional commitment.
基金USST International Professional Certification and English Course ConstructionUSST Postgraduate Curriculum Construction ProjectThe Eleventh China Foreign Language Education Fund Project“On the Blended Teaching Model of Interpretation Course With the Synergistic Development of Interpretation Ability and Critical Thinking Ability”(ZGWYJYJJ11A071).
文摘Critical thinking has been recognized internationally as an essential skill for high-quality talents.This article analyzes what the experimental researches on cultivating critical thinking skills in EFL teaching have achieved and identifies the three weaknesses to be addressed in the future.Firstly,there are divergences among scholars on the concept and subskills of critical thinking.Secondly,the teaching modes and methods explored by the experimental researches are more personalized than systematic,which reduces their application and guidance value.Thirdly,the reliability and validity of the experiments need to be improved,and the cultivation practices tend to improve the critical thinking skills of some students,without considering the differences among students,especially the students with relatively poor language proficiency.
文摘This paper explores the potential of applying online collaborative documents to foster critical thinking skills in EFL college-level classrooms.Considering the limitations of traditional teacher-centered approaches and the need for innovative methods,the study examines the integration of online collaborative tools,using Tencent Docs as an example.The discussion highlights the importance of critical thinking in the academic and professional spheres and introduces the concept of online collaborative documents for enhancing this cognitive skill.Through a detailed exploration,the paper presents a model of employing collaborative documents within a college English class,demonstrating how students collaboratively learning an article.Then,the paper discusses the pros and cons of employing this technology in classroom.The conclusion emphasizes the transformative potential of integrating technology into pedagogy and its role in creating a dynamic learning environment.The paper underscores the importance of striking a balance between technology and traditional methods,foreseeing avenues for further research and development.
文摘English speech is an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Meanwhile,the cultivation of critical thinking has been universally recognized as one of the goals of higher education.However,critical thinking,as a top-level cognitive ability,is extremely abstract and complex,so how to put it into English speech is a challenge.Therefore,in order to simplify the issue,inspired by the interdependent relatiomhip between critical thinking and creativity,this article helps to explore some skills of cultivation.
文摘Critical thinking,as higher-order thinking,is the use of relatively complex cognitive skills like analyzing,reasoning,making judgments.This paper analyzed the distribution of exercises on critical thinking skills in EAP writing context for EFL students.The data were randomly collected and systematically coded according to the new version of Bloom’s taxonomy of critical thinking cue questions:lower-order thinking(LOT,including remembering,understanding,and applying)and higher-order thinking(HOT,including analyzing,evaluating,and creating).The findings showed that HOT exercises have a higher proportion than LOT exercises in EAP writing context for EFL students.Most cue questions in HOT exercises greatly emphasize the training of critical thinking skills and enhance the effectiveness of promoting learners’critical thinking skills.Therefore,critical thinking skills,as a product of training and practice,tend to be trained to improve students’language learning and development,and especially to facilitate development of cognitive and higher-order cognitive skills.Based on the findings,the training of critical thinking is expected to be improved in English learning for EFL undergraduates,so as to make improvement in cultivating Chinese EFL students’critical thinking skills.
文摘this first paper focuses on seeking conceptual clarity;the second paper will focus on how nurses use critical thinking in clinical cases;and the third paper will focus on how advanced nurse practitioners use critical thinking to provide safe and high quality care to patients and families.We welcome nursing colleagues in China respond our paper.
文摘"思维品质"作为英语学科核心素养之一,一直备受关注。2019年也正式出台了核心素养版的人教版高中英语教材。该文旨在通过研究新人教版高中英语必修第一册、第二册,分析教材中"Reading and Thinking"板块批判性思维的体现。该文选取了《特尔斐报告》中的认知技能框架,分别为阐释、分析、评价、推理、说明和自我校准,在批判性思维的理论框架之下,结合核心素养版的人教版高中必修教材,着重分析教材里"Reading and Thinking"板块,看批判性思维的各个层次在阅读练习中如何体现。
文摘After discussing the important concepts that guide English teaching in universities in China, the author draws a roadmap of Language and Intercultural Critical Thinking Integrated Approach (LICTIA) for English teaching for non-English major graduates in Central University of Finance and Economics, and then expounds on the particulars concerning the application of LICTIA in English classes. English teaching for non-English major graduates aims to cultivate graduates’ global competence and intercultural critical thinking ability besides the improved language skills.
基金This paper is one of the research results of Key Research Project on the Reform of Education&Teaching in Leshan Normal University:The Cultivation and Practice of Students’Critical Thinking Ability in the Core Courses of English Majors(JG2015-ZD02).
文摘Selected Readings in American Literature is a required course for the third year of English major,and it is also a compulsory course for the Bachelor Degree of English Language and Literature at School of Foreign Languages,Leshan Normal University.The course uses the combination of English literary reading and course paper writing to develop students’English reading and writing skills,while focusing on the cultivating critical thinking skills of English majors.
文摘After the exploration of different kind of thinking skills oriented to dis-cerning complex issues and phenomena,this article argues about the need to use a new modality of thinking,defined as integral thinking.Based on the holonic theory and on the proprieties of the holons and their part-whole relationships,the paper proposes and characterizes integral think-ing,a kind of thinking that is holistic but also has span and profundity,going beyond conventional Aristotelian epistemic-inspired ways.Integral thinking joins in a single model the assets of premodern,modern and postmodern thinking systems;and helps in going beyond the nowadays syncretism of many perspectives.Integral thinking is the kind of thinking appropriated to the contemporary need to think integrally in science,cul-ture,professions,and arts or about the evolution of personal conscious-ness.It’s useful also to be applied in the diverse professional fields,espe-cially when comprehensive approaches are needed.Integral thinking can be used in holistic education and pedagogies.The use of integral thinking in the educational actuality can help to characterize the integral education practice and agenda.
文摘The educational orientation in 21 stcentury has shifted from traditional approach that solely driving academic achievement, to a comprehensive orientation that emphasises innovation and diversity. Following this trend, teaching students the skills of thinking such as creative thinking, critical thinking, etc. has been widely recognised as a hot topic in the recent classrooms.Some researches show that Edward de Bono's six thinking hats are affording both teachers and students well-structured framework for thinking skills' training. Therefore, in the EFL/ESL classroom, teachers' teaching targets are likely to promote students' learning outcomes through teaching thinking skills depending on Six Thinking Hats approach and a majority practices show that the results are satisfied.
文摘With the development of mass media,English speech has become an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Whether it is a political speech,a motivational speech,or an ordinary public speech,the wisdom and charm of critical thinking are always given into full play.This study analyzes the cultivation of critical thinking in English speech with the aid of representative examples,which is significant for cultivating college students’critical thinking as well as developing their critical thinking skills in English speech.