Critical Thinking: Centering Teachers' Knowledge and Understanding

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Author(s): Karen S. C. Thomas (St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 22
Source title: Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education Pedagogy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sandra P.A. Robinson (The University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus, Barbados)and Verna Knight (The University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus, Barbados)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7829-1.ch014

Keywords: Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design / Teacher Education

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Teaching critical thinking skills to students has become a central focus the language arts classroom. It is therefore important to examine what critical thinking may look like for the language arts teacher: How do language arts teachers come to know and understand? How do language arts teachers engage in critical thinking in order to enhance their pedagogical practices? This chapter examines the ways in which teachers' involvement in developing their critical thinking skills can aid them in establishing their knowledge and understandings. The chapter explores findings from a study that involved teachers in Grades 2 and 4 in the development of a framework for reading instruction in the primary grades. These findings make a case for encouraging teachers to engage in critical thinking in professional learning communities that foster professional development and collaboration in an active and reflective process.

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