Michael Thoma
Biographic Data
| ID | 6809934 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Thoma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Thoma |
| SIGNATURE | THOMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5807-7981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Demands and design principles of a “heterodox” didactics for promoting critical thinking in higher education
Following on from the already wide-ranging academic discussion about fostering critical thinking in students as an important component of a university’s educational mission, this paper takes a particular look at didactic principles for fostering this critical thinking. We begin with a reception of Abrami et al.’s (2015) comprehensive meta-study of higher education interventions that are successful in promoting critical thinking. It becomes appare…
Teacher subjectivation in the quality dispositive
Current reforms in vocational education and training (VET) are characterised by a constant striving for quality assurance and improvement. To this end, a powerful reform network has emerged that shapes the subjectivation processes of teachers. Drawing on Foucault (1980), we term this complex formation a ‘dispositive’. The paper introduces dispositive analytics as an innovative approach for educational research. Taking Austria as an example of a ‘…
Critical analysis of textbooks
This paper presents an approach to the critical analysis of textbook knowledge, which, working from a discourse theory perspective (based on the work of Foucault), refers to the performative nature of language. The critical potential of the approach derives from an analysis of knowledge-generating logics, which produce particular images of reality in the textual material. This kind of criticism creates space for didactic reflection in which somet…
Democratic Competences and Social Practices in Organizations
Democratic Competences And Social Practices In Organizations
192 p. : 22 cm
Entwürfe des wirtschaftspädagogischen Subjekts
Teacher subjectivation in the quality dispositive
Current reforms in vocational education and training (VET) are characterised by a constant striving for quality assurance and improvement. To this end, a powerful reform network has emerged that shapes the subjectivation processes of teachers. Drawing on Foucault (1980), we term this complex formation a ‘dispositive’. The paper introduces dispositive analytics as an innovative approach for educational research. Taking Austria as an example of a ‘…
Critical analysis of textbooks
This paper presents an approach to the critical analysis of textbook knowledge, which, working from a discourse theory perspective (based on the work of Foucault), refers to the performative nature of language. The critical potential of the approach derives from an analysis of knowledge-generating logics, which produce particular images of reality in the textual material. This kind of criticism creates space for didactic reflection in which somet…
Entwürfe des wirtschaftspädagogischen Subjekts
Democratic Competences and Social Practices in Organizations
Democratic Competences And Social Practices In Organizations
192 p. : 22 cm
Critical analysis of textbooks
This paper presents an approach to the critical analysis of textbook knowledge, which, working from a discourse theory perspective (based on the work of Foucault), refers to the performative nature of language. The critical potential of the approach derives from an analysis of knowledge-generating logics, which produce particular images of reality in the textual material. This kind of criticism creates space for didactic reflection in which somet…
Teacher subjectivation in the quality dispositive
Current reforms in vocational education and training (VET) are characterised by a constant striving for quality assurance and improvement. To this end, a powerful reform network has emerged that shapes the subjectivation processes of teachers. Drawing on Foucault (1980), we term this complex formation a ‘dispositive’. The paper introduces dispositive analytics as an innovative approach for educational research. Taking Austria as an example of a ‘…
Demands and design principles of a “heterodox” didactics for promoting critical thinking in higher education
Following on from the already wide-ranging academic discussion about fostering critical thinking in students as an important component of a university’s educational mission, this paper takes a particular look at didactic principles for fostering this critical thinking. We begin with a reception of Abrami et al.’s (2015) comprehensive meta-study of higher education interventions that are successful in promoting critical thinking. It becomes appare…
Political science (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Critical theory (2 works) · Criticism (2 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Law (2 works)