Enhancing Critical Thinking At The Tertiary Level Through A Literature based Critical Thinking Program

Abstract

This paper examines the significance of the application of a literature based critical thinking program at the tertiary level and its impact on both students’ critical thinking skills and teachers’ and students’ beliefs about literature instruction The study is based on one group pre test–post test design a quasi experimental design in which a seven week literature based critical thinking program involving 34 seniors attending an English Language and Literature Department was implemented Data regarding the present critical thinking situation and change process were collected through questionnaires interviews classroom observations and the Cornell Critical Thinking Test Level Z T test results show a significant change between the students’ pre critical thinking and post critical thinking levels These findings indicate that a literature based critical thinking program leads to more student centered classrooms and creative literature instruction that foster the development of students’ critical thinking skills Keywords: Bloom’s taxonomy; Critical thinking; Creative literature instruction

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Enhancing Critical Thinking At The Tertiary Level Through A Literature based Critical Thinking Program

Abstract

Bu makale edebiyat tabanlı eleştirel düşünce programının uygulanmasının üniversite düzeyinde olan önemi ve uygulanan programın öğrencilerin eleştirel düşünce becerileri üzerindeki etkisini öğretmenlerin ve öğrencilerin edebiyat öğretimi hakkındaki görüşleriyle beraber incelemektedir Çalışmada 34 İngiliz dili ve edebiyatı son sınıf öğrencisi tek gruplu ön test son test modeli çerçevesinde yedi hafta boyunca edebiyat tabanlı eleştirel düşünce programına tabi tutulmuştur Var olan eleştirel düşünce ortamı ve uygulanan program sonrası oluşan değişimle ilgili veriler anket mülakat gözlem ve Cornell Eleştirel Düşünce Testi yoluyla toplanmıştır T test öğrencilerin ön ve son test eleştirel düşünce seviyeleri arasında anlamlı bir fark olduğunu göstermiştir Bulgular sonucunda edebiyat tabanlı eleştirel düşünce programının öğrencilerin eleştirel düşünce seviyelerini geliştiren daha öğrenci merkezli ve yaratıcı edebiyat öğretimini mümkün kıldığı da belirlenmiştir Anahtar Kelimeler: Bloom sınıflandırması; Eleştirel düşünce; Yaratıcı edebiyat öğretimi

Keywords

• Bloom sınıflandırması, Eleştirel düşünce, Yaratıcı edebiyat öğretimi

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