Thinking about teaching thinking
| aut.publication.place | Sydney, Australia | en_NZ |
| aut.relation.endpage | 710 | |
| aut.relation.pages | 7 | |
| aut.relation.startpage | 704 | |
| dark.contributor.author | Poulston, J | en_NZ |
| dc.contributor.editor | Scerri, M | en_NZ |
| dc.contributor.editor | Hui, LK | en_NZ |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-07T02:47:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-03-07T02:47:13Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2016-02-08 | en_NZ |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-02-08 | en_NZ |
| dc.description.abstract | Critical thinking is a promised outcome of many degrees, yet courses in thinking are uncommon, and personal experience suggests that teachers who question the validity of everyday information (such as how much water one should drink) are also uncommon. Although critical thinking is often construed as ‘not taking something that is said in a source for granted’ (Auckland University of Technology, 2013, p. 1), when a source conflicts with a belief, it tends to be disregarded. This ‘confirmation bias’, overcomes attempts to think critically by dismissing information that does not fit beliefs, perhaps because this would require a review of the beliefs and paradigms that inform everyday activities. This working paper overviews critical thinking in hospitality, and presents some common fallacies and debates that can be used to stimulate thinking. The paper concludes with a proposal to test the development of thinking skills in students using an action research approach. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | CAUTHE 26th Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2016-02-09 to 2016-02-11, published in: Proceedings of CAUTHE 26th Annual Conference, pp.704 - 710 (7) | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/9600 | |
| dc.publisher | Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://media.wix.com/ugd/7c2104_a2ae10c39fcc470198dd95b8202c2205.pdf | |
| dc.rights | This publication is copyright. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or view as permitted under the Copyright Act no part may be reproduced without the permission of CAUTHE. | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Curriculum; Critical thinking; Education | |
| dc.title | Thinking about teaching thinking | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Conference Contribution | |
| pubs.elements-id | 199965 | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/Culture & Society |