Not only short notices, news and brief information, but diverse and profound research based literature is missing more and more in the classes. This, as a consequence reflects a lot in the superficial discussions and in the way students were graded. Moreover, it has deep consequences in the social and political developments in the near future. Therefore, what should the teachers, professors, parents and society in general do to encourage students, pupils and children to read more than to play video-games or chat in the social media?
Reading more and critical thinking are unrelated. There are a lot of people who read many volumes a month without developing critical thinking. Critical reading as compared to reading for pleasure or information requires the reader to deeply reflect on every sentence and critically engage with the writer mentally.
One has to assume your question regards higher education. Nowadays, in much of the world, higher education has become a commodity. This commodification and resultant massification of higher education have eroded quality as may be expected. The result is that students will take the path of least resistance to obtain a qualification; if you are unable to offer it, they will get it elsewhere. The situation is exacerbated by the large number of assignment writing services, incidences of plagiarism and academic dishonesty.
In spite of the fact that many people do write and read more (sms, FB posts, etc.), research shows that critical thinking among the general populace has not enhanced. To answer your question, a university will be required to raise its reputation to attract students and teachers of quality. Students can be made to read only if the university or a program of the university is renowned for its quality and the diploma has a premium value. Remember what Joshua Reynolds said, “There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.”?
Reading more and critical thinking are unrelated. There are a lot of people who read many volumes a month without developing critical thinking. Critical reading as compared to reading for pleasure or information requires the reader to deeply reflect on every sentence and critically engage with the writer mentally.
One has to assume your question regards higher education. Nowadays, in much of the world, higher education has become a commodity. This commodification and resultant massification of higher education have eroded quality as may be expected. The result is that students will take the path of least resistance to obtain a qualification; if you are unable to offer it, they will get it elsewhere. The situation is exacerbated by the large number of assignment writing services, incidences of plagiarism and academic dishonesty.
In spite of the fact that many people do write and read more (sms, FB posts, etc.), research shows that critical thinking among the general populace has not enhanced. To answer your question, a university will be required to raise its reputation to attract students and teachers of quality. Students can be made to read only if the university or a program of the university is renowned for its quality and the diploma has a premium value. Remember what Joshua Reynolds said, “There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.”?
Richard Paul and Linda Elder's Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools provides much general guidance on the topic: it distills the essence of critical thinking into an affordable 24-page, pocket-sized guide that is widely used in teaching and learning (as well as in personal and professional life).
As one might expect, a great many specific strategies can be used to encourage critical thinking in students, but much depends on the level of education and the context. At junior levels, for example, teachers might refrain from always jumping in to help; invite pupils to brainstorm before they do anything, classify and categorize, compare and contrast, and make connections; and provide group opportunities. This query does not specify the level of education and, quite understandably, the context, and it is difficult to say more.
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Students born in the networked world are tech-savvy; they can be encouraged to read e-newspapers. Official whatsapp groups can be created to share subject or issue-related information. G-suite can be used ; method of flipping the classroom can also be used to encourage learning. I have used theatre techniques to encourage reading information from company and reliable websites.
I appreciate very much your suggestions Hassan Hameed, Olivier Serrat, Timira Shukla, and believe strongly that we should find methods and take initiatives to encourage reading or somehow to develop critical thinking. Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts, is helpful booklet but also other proposed techniques here, could be useful in this regard.
I hope there are also other suggestions and recommendations...
Thanks in advance
Agreed with you.I am very interesting reading and it's creating sense for critical thinking. READING MAKE A FULL MAN.
A student can achieve a great academic success by cramming for examination but he/she will do explore when he/she can reason critically on the field. Base your teaching on applications. Application of theory on field helps student to develop thinking ability.
Activating critical thinking of students and students is a particularly important determinant of effective education. Modern education instruments are important in this area, thanks to which analytical techniques, brainstorming, debates, discussions, etc. used in the education process of students and students are developed. These techniques should also develop creativity, innovation and teamwork.
In my opinion, activating critical thinking of students and students, developing the ability to discuss in debates, to develop creativity, innovation and teamwork of students and students perfectly correlates with the development of the concept of modern education 4.0.
At present, in the age of the technological revolution known as the 4.0 industry, new teaching concepts are being defined as education 4.0.
The technological revolution in recent years, known as Industry 4.0, is motivated by the development of the following factors:
Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence.
In addition, in the knowledge-based economy, the important areas of knowledge and technologies that are developed are primarily the development of data processing analytics in Business Intelligence enterprises, the development of life science technologies, biotechnology, eco-innovation, energy, medical intelligence, etc.
On the basis of the development of the new technological solutions mentioned in recent years, the processes of innovatively organized analyzes of large information collections gathered in Big Data database systems dynamically develop.
Therefore, I am asking you the following questions:
Does the development of data processing technology in Big Data database systems and other technologies developed in the field of technological revolution Industry 4.0 generate the need to develop education 4.0?
How can you describe the correlation between the Industry 4.0 technological revolution and modern 4.0 education?
Please, answer, comments. I invite you to the discussion.
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