Critical thinking and Chinese university students: A review of the evidence

Critical thinking and Chinese university students: A review of the evidence

• Tian, Jing Renmin University of China
• Low, Graham David University of York

Language, Culture and Curriculum, 24(1), 61-76, 2011

Routledge

2011

• F 教與學
  • FC 批判思考、學習技巧、時間
• N 學生與學生服務
  • NC 學生特徵和境況；學生意見與態度、學生適應問題
• F 教與學
  • FE 教學語文、雙 / 多語教學、雙語問題、雙語分流教學計劃、語言混雜及轉換

Critical Thinking Academic Writing Chinese Students Culture Training Nursing Students Hong Kong Argumentation Disposition Education & Educational Research Linguistics

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 專上教育

Despite extensive discussion on critical thinking (CT) by Chinese students, there are still debates over the question of why Chinese higher education students, when studying abroad, lack (or rather do not demonstrate) CT skills. The main objective of this paper is to explore how far it can be established from the published research literature whether the key factor affecting Chinese university students' CT with respect to academic study in English is cultural background or previous training. The conclusion is that culture cannot be the sole explanation for Chinese students' CT performance at universities abroad. The evidence strongly suggests that, while CT elements can indeed be found in ancient Chinese culture, many other factors, especially students' previous learning experiences, are of more immediate relevance and likely to affect performance. As a result, a holistic approach is suggested. The review also suggests that there is at times a lack of clear definitions and/or explanations of the scope of the key concept - culture - in the current literature.
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• 英文

期刊論文

• 07908318

• 10.1080/07908318.2010.546400

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/48b72cc6

2014-07-11