Journal of Philosophical Investigations

نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی- پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 استادیار، گروه روانشناسی و مشاوره، دانشگاه فرهنگیان، ایران.

2 استادیار، گروه آموزش علوم تربیتی، دانشگاه فرهنگیان، ایران.

چکیده

هدف این پژوهش، مروری تحلیلی بر تعریف تفکر انتقادی و اهمیت آموزش آن، مفهوم باورهای معرفت‌‌شناختی و نقش آن­ها در تفکر انتقادی بود.روش این پژوهش، توصیفی- تحلیلی بود. به این منظور، مقالات مرتبط با متغیرهای پژوهش جستجو و بررسی شد. یافته‌‌‌ها نشان داد تفکر انتقادی یک اصطلاح پیچیده و چندوجهی است که آن را توانایی تجزیه و تحلیل مؤثر اطلاعات و قضاوت می­‌دانند، همچنین باورهای معرفت­‌شناختی به عنوان باورهای افراد در مورد چیستی دانش، چگونگی کسب آن، قطعیت و حدود آن تعریف شده است. بخش دیگری از نتایج نشان داد که فعالیت‌های یادگیری دانش‌آموز‌محور به رشد تفکر انتقادی دانش‌آموزان کمک می­کند و آموزش آن باید به عنوان بخشی جدایی‌­ناپذیر آموزش و یادگیری مورد توجه قرار گیرد. همچنین باورهای معرفت‌‌شناختی و تفکر انتقادی با هم مرتبط هستند و باورهای معرفت‌‌شناختی پیش‌نیاز مهمی برای تفکر انتقادی بوده و نقش مهمی در رشد آن دارند. نتایج به دست آمده، بینش‌­هایی را برای دست اندرکاران آموزش و پرورش در ادغام باورهای معرفت‌‌شناختی و تفکر انتقادی در برنامه‌­های آموزشی دانش‌­آموزان و استفاده از رویکردهای دانش‌آموز‌محور ارائه می‌­دهد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

موضوعات

عنوان مقاله [English]

Critical Thinking and the Role of Epistemological Beliefs

نویسندگان [English]

  • Ali Eghbali 1
  • Zhila Kardan Halvaeei 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counselling, Farhangian University, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Iran

چکیده [English]

The aim of this research was an analytical review of the definition of critical thinking and the importance of teaching it, the concept of epistemological beliefs and their role in critical thinking. The method of this research was descriptive-analytical. For this purpose, articles related to research variables were searched and reviewed.The findings showed that critical thinking is a complex and multifaceted term that is considered the ability to effectively analyze information and judge, as well as epistemological beliefs, which are people's beliefs about what knowledge is, how to acquire it, certainty and its limits. Another part of the results showed that student-centered learning activities help the development of students' critical thinking, and their teaching should be considered an integral part of teaching and learning. Also, epistemological beliefs and critical thinking are related, and epistemological beliefs are an important prerequisite for critical thinking and play an important role in its development.The obtained results provide insights for education practitioners in the integration of epistemological beliefs and critical thinking in students' educational programs and the use of student-centered approaches.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • critical thinking
  • epistemological beliefs
  • epistemological cognition
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