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Opinion: Reflections on critical thinking

Gerry Dunne
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Gerry Dunne Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Abstract This short essay explores a series of conceptual misconceptions surrounding critical thinking, a widely endorsed yet poorly understood concept in educational discourse. Despite its central importance, critical thinking often lacks a clear theoretical foundation, resulting in a series of diverse and sometimes contradictory […]

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Dunne, G. (2024). Opinion: Reflections on critical thinking ACCESS: Contemporary Issues in Education, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.46786/ac24.3939

The dark side of critical thinking and the need to restore learning relationships

Niclas Rönnström
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Niclas Rönnström Department of Education, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden   Abstract In the 20th century, critical thinking emerged as an important ideal in and aim of education. Hardly anyone opposes critical thinking, its weight is re-enforced in debates on education and its positive value is largely taken for granted because of the manifold promises it […]

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Rönnström, N. (2024). The dark side of critical thinking and the need to restore learning relationships. ACCESS: Contemporary Issues in Education, 44(2), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.46786/ac24.8788

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