Cover Image

Critical thinking in young children

Promoting critical thinking in children is crucial in Malaysia's education reforms. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has emphasized the need of nurturing the young thinkers. Many programs have been introduced to develop young children's thinking skills but their critical thinking ca...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jean, Wong Li, Jiar, Yeo Kee
Format: Article
Published: Serials Publications 2016
Subjects:
LB Theory and practice of education
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71312/
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959018579&partnerID=40&md5=5273de1d5f4003dc3b2e7ba9f49cc642
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.utm.71312
record_format eprints
spelling my.utm.713122017-11-16T09:38:53Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71312/ Critical thinking in young children Jean, Wong Li Jiar, Yeo Kee LB Theory and practice of education Promoting critical thinking in children is crucial in Malaysia's education reforms. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has emphasized the need of nurturing the young thinkers. Many programs have been introduced to develop young children's thinking skills but their critical thinking capabilities still remain vague. For this reason, teachers should acquire both knowledge and skills of critical thinking in order to develop the young children's critical thinking abilities through the appropriate methods, approaches and tools. Thus, a study is needed to investigate the current practices of the kindergarten teachers towards children's critical thinking abilities. This study aims to (1) explore the critical thinking competency of kindergarten teachers; (2) understand the current practices of critical thinking skills among kindergarteners; and (3) discover the opinions on instructional approach that can enhance kindergarteners' critical thinking skills. For data collection, this study will implement qualitative methods such as observation and interview. An interview with 20 open-ended questions was directed to the teachers and principal in a kindergarten while an observation checklist was used to record students' critical thinking learning activities in the classroom. Lastly, the result of this study aims foster the development of critical thinking in young children. Serials Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed Jean, Wong Li and Jiar, Yeo Kee (2016) Critical thinking in young children. Man in India, 96 (1-2). pp. 579-587. ISSN 0025-1569 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959018579&partnerID=40&md5=5273de1d5f4003dc3b2e7ba9f49cc642
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
building UTM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
content_source UTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.utm.my/
topic LB Theory and practice of education
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
Jean, Wong Li
Jiar, Yeo Kee
Critical thinking in young children
description Promoting critical thinking in children is crucial in Malaysia's education reforms. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has emphasized the need of nurturing the young thinkers. Many programs have been introduced to develop young children's thinking skills but their critical thinking capabilities still remain vague. For this reason, teachers should acquire both knowledge and skills of critical thinking in order to develop the young children's critical thinking abilities through the appropriate methods, approaches and tools. Thus, a study is needed to investigate the current practices of the kindergarten teachers towards children's critical thinking abilities. This study aims to (1) explore the critical thinking competency of kindergarten teachers; (2) understand the current practices of critical thinking skills among kindergarteners; and (3) discover the opinions on instructional approach that can enhance kindergarteners' critical thinking skills. For data collection, this study will implement qualitative methods such as observation and interview. An interview with 20 open-ended questions was directed to the teachers and principal in a kindergarten while an observation checklist was used to record students' critical thinking learning activities in the classroom. Lastly, the result of this study aims foster the development of critical thinking in young children.
format Article
author Jean, Wong Li
Jiar, Yeo Kee
author_facet Jean, Wong Li
Jiar, Yeo Kee
author_sort Jean, Wong Li
title Critical thinking in young children
title_short Critical thinking in young children
title_full Critical thinking in young children
title_fullStr Critical thinking in young children
title_full_unstemmed Critical thinking in young children
title_sort critical thinking in young children
publisher Serials Publications
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71312/
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959018579&partnerID=40&md5=5273de1d5f4003dc3b2e7ba9f49cc642
_version_ 1643656167122010112
score 13.211869

Similar Items