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Enhancing Educators’ Skills for Promoting Critical Thinking in Their Classroom Discourses: A Randomized Control Trial

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dc.contributor.authorGul, Raisa B.
dc.contributor.authorSchopflocher, Donald
dc.contributor.authorCassum, Shanaz
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Azra
dc.contributor.authorSaeed, Tanveer
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Shehla
dc.contributor.authorProfetto-McGrath, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorParpio, Yasmin
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-01T17:44:01Z
dc.date.available2025-05-01T17:44:01Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionThe literature reveals that educators find it challenging to foster critical thinking (CT) in their students if they have not learned how to use CT in their educational system or training. This paper reports findings from a national research project that was undertaken to enhance the educators’ ability to promote CT in their teaching practices. Using a randomized control trial design with a pre and post-test, 91 educators from 14 of the 17 schools of nursing in Pakistan consented to enroll in the study and 72 completed the study. The intervention included 40 hours of learning experience during two workshops that focused on CT. Data were collected, pre- and post-intervention, via observations and audiotaping of the participants teaching sessions for 60-90 minutes. The data obtained was assessed for the educators’ level of questioning, teaching strategies, and facilitation skills. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Compared with the preintervention data, findings from the post-intervention data in the experimental group revealed positive changes in their pedagogical skills, including a significant increase in the number of higher order questions that are considered important for developing students’ CT skills. This study affirms that educators must have structured training to use and foster CT in their teaching practices.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7939/R3D50G17X
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.isversionofGul et al. "Enhancing Educators’ Skills for Promoting Critical Thinking in Their Classroom Discourses: A Randomized Control Trial" International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 26(1). 2014, 37-54.
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectEducational training
dc.subjectNursing in Pakistan
dc.subjectTeaching Practices
dc.subjectPedagogy
dc.subjectNursing Education
dc.subjectCritical Thinking
dc.titleEnhancing Educators’ Skills for Promoting Critical Thinking in Their Classroom Discourses: A Randomized Control Trial
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843
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