Accessing Multicultural Issues Through Critical Thinking, Critical Inquiry, and the Student Research Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10857134 |
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| Authors | Judith Hawkins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-191 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0042085905282248 |
| OpenAlex | W1981702690 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This qualitative study describes and evaluates a pedagogical procedure that allows multicultural college freshmen to devise and research topics indigenous to their communal backgrounds. The researcher wishes to ascertain whether a method delineated by an academic procedure and limited to a classroom setting can have extended social implications for the inner-city student. Specifically, critical thinking and inquiry techniques are applied to the student research paper process, thus integrating communal issues with the academic curriculum. A further goal is to ascertain how the focus and motivation inherent in the modified research process affects student critical inquiry of text material
Critical thinking · Curriculum · Educational research · Focus group · Indigenous · Mathematics education · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Process (computing) · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Education and Islamic Studies · Educational Challenges and Innovations · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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