Viewpoints on the Development of Critical Thinking Skills in the Process of Foreign Language Teaching in Higher Education and the Labor Market
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22045420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Svetozar Poštić (0000-0002-1564-0807, Vilnius University), Roma Kriaučiūnienė (0000-0002-9356-1098, Vilnius University), Ovidiu Ivancu (0000-0003-4075-9735, Vilnius University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 152 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci13020152 |
| OpenAlex | W4318828704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper analyzes the different viewpoints of the participants in four focus groups discussing critical thinking (CT) in teaching/studying foreign languages. Three of them were conducted at Vilnius University and one at the Public Service Language Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania. All of the interviewees agree about the importance of critical thinking, although they define it differently and emphasize a number of various aspects needed for its acquisition and application. Both students/trainees and instructors/trainers describe several classroom activities that stimulate CT and suggest implicit and explicit methods for evaluating it. The focus group discussions were conducted as part of the international projects Think4Jobs, whose main task was to determine the gap between CT as it is taught at institutions of higher education and in the labor market. Answering this question, the participants mention the unpredictability of the labor market, the usefulness of CT for many different jobs and the importance of teaching it for the acquisition of foreign languages
Business · Critical thinking · Economics · Focus group · Foreign language · Higher education · Language education · Management · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Viewpoints · Computer Science · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Education, Leadership, and Health Research · Educational Practices and Challenges · Psychology · Marketing
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |