A European collection of the Critical Thinking skills and dispositions needed in different professional fields for the 21st century
Files in This Item:
File | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|
Download | CRITHINKEDU_O1_REPORT_Final_Version.docx | 193.1 kB | Microsoft Word |
Title: | A European collection of the Critical Thinking skills and dispositions needed in different professional fields for the 21st century | Authors: | Dumitr, Daniela; Bigu, Dragos; Elen, Jan; Ahern, Aoife; McNally, Ciaran; O'Sullivan, J. J.; et al. | Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9840 | Date: | Jan-2018 | Online since: | 2019-04-08T10:59:36Z | Abstract: | Within the scope of the project CRITHINKEDU, this report provides an overall analysis of the understanding of Critical Thinking (CT) by employers and establishes similarities and differences in its expression, need and practical application at the workplace. Adopting a qualitative research methodology, 32 focus groups were conducted enrolling 189 professionals from 9 European countries. The focus groups comprised graduates from 4 different professional fields, namely Biomedical Sciences, STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), Social Sciences and the Humanities. Based on the Facione’ theoretical framework (Facione, 1990), key findings are in line with previous studies (Jones, 2009; Jones, 2010; Grace & Orrock, 2015; Sin, Jones & Wang, 2015), suggesting that CT is widely understood and interpreted as a set of interdependent skills and dispositions that are unquestionably needed in recent graduates. This is due to today’s labour market and societal demands, although with slight differences in their practical application that tend to vary across professional fields. | Funding Details: | European Commission/EACEA, through the ERASMUS + Programme | Type of material: | Technical Report | Publisher: | UTAD | Keywords: | Critical thinking; Professional development; Higher education; Labor market needs | Other versions: | http://crithinkedu.utad.pt/en/crithinkedu/ | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Peer reviewed | ISBN: | 978-989-704-256-0 | This item is made available under a Creative Commons License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ |
Appears in Collections: | Civil Engineering Research Collection |
Show full item record
Page view(s)
791
Last Week
4
4
Last month
15
15
checked on May 17, 2022
Download(s) 50
289
checked on May 17, 2022
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
If you are a publisher or author and have copyright concerns for any item, please email research.repository@ucd.ie and the item will be withdrawn immediately. The author or person responsible for depositing the article will be contacted within one business day.