Critical Thinking: Schemata Vs. Skills
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Theory & Research in Social Education
- Vol. 17 (3), 196-209
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.1989.10505589
Abstract
Critical thinking is analyzed from a phenomenological perspective. The thesis that critical thinking is not a skill is advanced. An alternative thesis, that critical thinking is a restructuring of schemata, is advanced. Implications of an information processing perspective on the teaching of critical thinking are discussed.Keywords
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