NEWSpiracy Tutor Handbook EN

https://newspiracy.eu The project "NEWSpiracy" is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The content of NEWSpiracy is the sole responsibility of the project partners and neither the European Commission nor the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE) is responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. Project Number: 2022-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000089608 Methodologies used for teaching critical thinking Below is a summary in tabular form of methodologies and activities that enhance critical thinking, according to a significant number of authors, which can serve as a guide for teachers wishing to teach this competence (Bezanilla et al., 2019). Table 1 Methodologies used for teaching critical thinking Teaching Methodologies and Activities Authors and Further Readings Writing assignments Writing assignments, essays, and reports especially argumentative of analysis of other authors Arslan, Gulveren, and Aydin (2014); Bahr (2010); Duron et al. (2006); Piergiovanni (2014); Tsui (2002); Walker (2003); Wilson (2015) Concept Map and Argument Mapping Dwyer et al. (2011); Dwyer, Hogan, & Steward, 2012; Halpern (2014) Practical activities followed by a written reflection, for example, a diary Duron et al. (2006); Piergiovanni (2014) Debates Abrami et al. (2015); Arslan et al. (2014); Duron et al. (2006); Tsui (2002); Walker (2003) Dialogue and Participation and Oral Argumentation Davies et al. (2013); Halpern (2014); Makhene (2017); Piergiovanni (2014); Walker (2003) Cooperative/collaborative Work Arslan et al. (2014); Loes and Pascarella (2017) Posters and Interviews Bahr (2010) Teacher’s Questions Abrami et al. (2015); Arslan et al. (2014); Duron et al. (2006); Piergiovanni (2014); Thompson (2011); Walker (2003) Questioning/Enquiry Duron et al. (2006); Halpern (1998; 2014); Walker (2003) Research Projects Projects Bahr (2010); Thompson (2011); Tsui (2002) A Well Designed Paper Project about a concrete issue Duron et al. (2006); Piergiovanni (2014); Tsui (2002) Problem-Based Learning Abrami et al. (2015); Bahr (2010); Grohs, Kirk, Soledad, and Knight (2018); Halpern (2014); Hawes (2003) Solving Ambiguous Situations Set in advance Arslan et al. (2014); Halpern (2014) Pairwork to solve a problem Arslan et al. (2014) Activities to review the media Bahr (2010) Case Study Arslan et al. (2014); Freeman Herreid (2004) Presentations or speeches given by students Arslan et al. (2014) Experiential Learning Duron et al. (2006); Franco et al. (2017); Piergiovanni (2014) Civic Engagement Campo et al (2023) Simulations Samaras et al (2022) Feedback Duron et al. (2006) Creative drama Uzunöz and Demirhan (2017) Criteria for critical thinking Good critical thinking requires having a command of the following nine intellectual standards or criteria for critical thinking (Paul & Elder 2010):