Browsing by Subject "Critical thinking"

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Critical thinking in the university curriculum

Ahern, Aoife ; Mac Ruairc, Gerry ; McNamara, Martin ; O'Connor, Tom (2010)

This paper describes a multi-qualitative study undertaken to examine the issue of critical thinking as a graduate attribute. Critical thinking is a graduate attribute that many courses claim to produce in students. However, ...
Lessons for higher education : the university as a site of activism

Lynch, Kathleen (Taylor & Francis, 2010-09)

Len Barton is acutely aware of the power of the academy to either enhance critical thinking or to depress it. He is a true academic, never accepting the received wisdom or perspective of any given sociological standpoint, ...
A Methodology to Develop Judgment Skills in Sustainable Architectural Education

Kenny, Paul ; Brophy, Vivienne (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2011-10-18)

Students of sustainability, in particular architectural students, are faced with a vast body of published work that forms an important part of their reference library. The idea of the precedent study is, traditionally, ...
Nurses' Experiences of Distance Education Programmes

Hyde, Abbey ; Murray, Maurice (Blackwell (Wiley), 2005-01)

Aim. This paper reports on a study exploring the experiences of nurses undertaking distance education (DE) programmes. Background. While DE has many advantages in terms of the flexibility, autonomy and freedom that ...