The Level of Critical Thinking Abilities Among Pre-Service Teachers
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Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
The Level of Critical Thinking Abilities Among Pre-Service Teachers
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
The ability to think critically is essential in today's world. In spite of this fact, however, the trend prevailing in the Czech education system seems to be learning specific facts. Students are not being led to self-dependent studying and searching for answers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out how well can those who will teach the next generation, critically think. The research presented is aimed at finding out the level of critical thinking abilities among pre-service teachers in the Czech Republic as well as finding out the differences within individual aspects of the stated ability. Descriptive research is the core of this study. The data has been collected by means of Cornell Critical Thinking Test. Level Z had been used, which contains fifty-two tasks oriented on induction, deduction, observation, credibility, assumptions and meaning. The obtained data was processed via descriptive statistics and comparison of the means. It was ascertained that critical thinking abilities among preservice teachers are on a relatively low level. The maximal achieved figure was 34 out of 52 possible points (m=24.9; sd=4.11). The best scores achieved by students were in the deduction part. A significant difference was proved between the pre-service teachers for kindergartens and pre-service teachers for lower primary schools in the induction part. The conclusion may be that the level of critical thinking abilities among pre-service teachers in the Czech Republic is on an average to low level. This corresponds with the findings of some other countries. These results are alarming, considering the fact that there is a high probability that pre-service teachers will teach their students likewise in the future - by handing down ultimate knowledge without the necessity of critically thinking about it.
Název v anglickém jazyce
The Level of Critical Thinking Abilities Among Pre-Service Teachers
Popis výsledku anglicky
The ability to think critically is essential in today's world. In spite of this fact, however, the trend prevailing in the Czech education system seems to be learning specific facts. Students are not being led to self-dependent studying and searching for answers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out how well can those who will teach the next generation, critically think. The research presented is aimed at finding out the level of critical thinking abilities among pre-service teachers in the Czech Republic as well as finding out the differences within individual aspects of the stated ability. Descriptive research is the core of this study. The data has been collected by means of Cornell Critical Thinking Test. Level Z had been used, which contains fifty-two tasks oriented on induction, deduction, observation, credibility, assumptions and meaning. The obtained data was processed via descriptive statistics and comparison of the means. It was ascertained that critical thinking abilities among preservice teachers are on a relatively low level. The maximal achieved figure was 34 out of 52 possible points (m=24.9; sd=4.11). The best scores achieved by students were in the deduction part. A significant difference was proved between the pre-service teachers for kindergartens and pre-service teachers for lower primary schools in the induction part. The conclusion may be that the level of critical thinking abilities among pre-service teachers in the Czech Republic is on an average to low level. This corresponds with the findings of some other countries. These results are alarming, considering the fact that there is a high probability that pre-service teachers will teach their students likewise in the future - by handing down ultimate knowledge without the necessity of critically thinking about it.
Klasifikace
Druh
D - Stať ve sborníku
CEP obor
AN - Psychologie
OECD FORD obor
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Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
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Návaznosti
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2015
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název statě ve sborníku
8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2015 Proceedings)
ISBN
978-84-608-2657-6
ISSN
2340-1095
e-ISSN
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Počet stran výsledku
7
Strana od-do
5304-5310
Název nakladatele
IATED
Místo vydání
Valencia
Místo konání akce
Seville, Spain
Datum konání akce
16. 11. 2015
Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti
WRD - Celosvětová akce
Kód UT WoS článku
000377304005053