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Why students should not be taught general critical-thinking skills

Hendrick, Carl (2017) Why students should not be taught general critical-thinking skills. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (26 Jan 2017). Website.

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Abstract

It’s natural to want children and graduates to develop a set of all-purpose cognitive tools with which to navigate their way through the world. But can such things be taught? Carl Hendrick argues that general critical thinking skills cannot be so easily transferred from one context to another

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information: © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2017 11:01
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 20:53
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70125

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