The 1996 PSI Lecture teaching thinking: Learning to think

Journal/Book: Irish J Psychol. 1996; 17: Trinity College, Dept Psychology, 25 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland. Psychological Soc Ireland. 1-12.

Abstract: This paper reviews current trends in teaching thinking and identifies core concepts associated with these developments - direct instruction at the level of thinking processes, higher order thinking, using generative tasks, making thought processes explicit, knowledge as socially mediated, and dispositions for thinking. Examples of curriculum materials are drawn from three broadly different theoretical orientations - information-processing, critical thinking and constructivism. The characteristics of ''powerful learning environments'' are discussed.

Note: Article C Mcguinness, Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Psychol, David Keir Bldg, Belfast, Antrim, North Ireland

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