A Defence of Teaching General Thinking Skills

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ID11951341
AuthorsStasia Higgin (0000-0003-0314-4846, corresponding author), Steven Higgins (Department of Education, St Thomas Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK), Vivienne Baumfield (0000-0001-7193-8512, Department of Education, St Thomas Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK)
Year1998
Volume32
Issue3
Pages391-398
Publication date1998-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-9752.00103
OpenAlexW2098327973
LanguageEN
Citations received4

There has been developing interest in thinking skills in schools over the past decade. However in the UK the consensus seems to have been against the possibility of the very existence of general thinking skills. We present three main arguments in defence of general thinking skills which hinge upon assumptions in a priori arguments about transfer, we suggest that a clearer definition of the domains of knowledge theory is necessary for the way it is used against thinking skills and we offer a consideration of the expert/novice objections about subject or domain-specific knowledge

Critical thinking · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teaching method · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Assessment and Pedagogy · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Philosophy · Psychology

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