Teaching Thinking Skills at University

There is an increasing consensus among educational §researchers and reformists of the importance of §developing students critical thinking abilities in §higher education. In fact, Ten Dam and Volman (2004) §argue that the ability for an individual to think §critically is essential not only for educational and §workplace efficiency but also for effective §citizenship. Unfortunately, there is little §agreement in the literature on the most successful §way to develop third level students critical §thinking. Given this challenge, this book describes §the development of a theoretically based §intervention aimed at improving First Year §Psychology students critical thinking abilities. §This book details the development, implementation §and outcome of three distinct §studies, each of which examines the effects of §critical thinking instruction on students critical §thinking abilities. This book would be helpful to §third level lecturers and tutors who may wish to §embed critical thinking into their teaching. Student §academic support advisors may also find this book §useful when working directly with students focusing §on their critical thinking development.